Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Best film quality to landscapes photos
From: brad daly <bwdaly@bigfatpipe.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 18:55:37 -0500

On Sunday, August 18, 2002, at 06:28  PM, fiber wrote:

>
>
> Hi !!!
>
> I'm going to Ireland in a few days and i would like to know what kind of
> film is best (related to price) to make good landscape photos. I have a
> Leica Z2X (not the best one but i'm a newbie in photography matters) 
> and i
> think that a DX400 was good enought but a friend told me that maybe is
> better to put more money in a better film.

ooh, for ireland, velvia all the way.  of course, you'll need a tripod 
to get the best out of it.

maybe E100VS for a little extra speed.  its greens aren't quite as 
wonderlicious as velvia's.  i actually like its warmth a little more 
than velvia, but for a place as green as ireland, i'd say velvia.

this was taken in northern england (where, incidentally, i stayed in a 
b&b in hexam with a couple of spaniards who spoke nary a word of 
english; had a wonderful time.  and the woman who ran the b&b went to 
school with my least favorite beatle, paul mccartney.) on velvia.  this 
scan has NO color enhancement, just contrast.  you should see the prints.

http://www.bigfatpipe.net/~bwdaly/dunstanburgh.jpg

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