Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All the talk of XTOL made me take a couple of rolls of TMAX 400 and shoot them over the last two days. Being more interested in seeing the results of the XTOL than taking the pictures, I did as most people do, take pictures of their kids or their cats. I sat Gordon in a big black LazyBoy chair and took pictures of him. After about two minutes he said "Please put the lens cap on and stop taking my picture!" It is funny the things a three year old can say. The pictures were taken with a Noctilux, 75mm Summilux, and 90mm Tele-Elmarit-M. The Noctilux and Summilux were shot at f1.4 @ 1/60th and the Tele-Elmarit was shot at f2.8 @ 1/15. The negatives were scanned with no correction. These were all handheld, so make no great judgements regarding the sharpness of the lenses. My preference is the 75mm Summilux. The pose is better than the rest. The Noctilux just will not focus close enough. The Tele-Elmarit is probably the sharpest and most contrasty. These pictures are at the link below: http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/gordon_francis_stevens-6.htm A link to all three pictures in an 800x600 image: http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/Gordon/lensTest.jpg For those with high speed internet, the tiff files are at: http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/Gordon/90mmTele-Elmarit.tif http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/Gordon/75mmSummilux.tif http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/images/Gordon/NoctiluxAT1.4.tif This was my first try at XTOL in a while. The negatives seem to look pretty good, not thin as in the past. I developed the TMAX 400 at 1:1 and 8:47 using a Jobo. I used 600ml of solution in the tank. When I get some time I will scan some and see what I think of them. The Gordon pictures look pretty good, but I need to look at some more of the images of the two rolls to decide. Regards, Robert Robert - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html