Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc - what is your opinion about Ultra 50 Blues? I ask because the pics I had done on Ultra 50 -120 had the most amazing blues - wondered what your experience was? It is so dark here in Syracuse today that the M7 was loaded first with Delta 3200 then Fujipan 1600 - will see if anything comes out. Shortest daylight day of the year! ernie On Saturday, December 21, 2002, at 09:48 PM, Marc Attinasi wrote: > These were scanned from prints, and the prints were from a convention > (non-digital) Fuji minilab. I have scanned Ultra 50 negs before, and > it is a royal pain to get the color balance right. I would love to get > it dialed in though, as I generally prefer to scan from the negs. > > I have not tried shooting pics of people with it yet. With Ultra 50, > it was strongly pink and made people look very blotchy. I did some > baby pictures once where I wanted that look, but in general it is not > a great people film. Maybe the Ultra 100 is better in that regard, not > sure yet. Also, the older Ultra 50 had a terrible time with detail in > strong reds. The new film seems to be a little better, but I will test > that further when flower season comes. > > - marc > > On Saturday, December 21, 2002, at 02:18 PM, Rob Heyman wrote: > >> I would love to know whether these were scanned from neg or print. I >> will >> dash out today and buy a roll or two. >> What is it like on skin tones? >> Rob >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html