Re: [Leica] Travels with M6

["Paul" <lug@nrg666.com>]

Hi Rob,

I would agree with that, i'm Melbourne and seem to find my self shooting
Optima and NPS alot for the lower contrast.

>I have long felt that most film is
> made for low contrast situations such as Europe with its basically white
skies
> and we who live in areas such as Queensland have to put up with high
contrast
> results from these films.

Regards,
Paul



- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Heyman" <rheyman@bigpond.net.au>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Travels with M6


> Oliver,
>
> I noticed that you were shooting under a white sail cloth for most of your
> images but it still seemed that the contrast should have been higher. The
light
> fog and Optima seems to be the answer.   Our location is 27.4deg S and
very
> little pollution, so we have a quite contrasty light. I think I'll try
some
> Optima or Vista if I can find a supplier. I have long felt that most film
is
> made for low contrast situations such as Europe with its basically white
skies
> and we who live in areas such as Queensland have to put up with high
contrast
> results from these films.
> I shoot portraits and high contrast is not really desirable in most cases.
Would
> you suggest that Vista is the way to go to minimise contrast in portraits?
How
> is the skin tone?
>
> Excuse all these seemingly dumb questions, but it is some time since I
evaluated
> film (and settled on Fuji NPH) and now with the dominance of digital I
find that
> I should have done this years ago.
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> Oliver Bryk wrote:
>
> > Rob"
> > Thank you very much for your kind comments, Rob. I'll respond to your
> > questions as best as I can. Healdsburg (the location of the farmers'
market)
> > lies at approximately 38 deg 45 min latitude north. At this time of year
> > there is usually still a touch of fog in the air when the market opens
at 9
> > a.m. Pacific Daylight Time; by noon the light has become very contrasty.
I
> > usually pay attention to the open shadow areas when I meter.
> > I have used Agfa Optima and later Vista (but not the "Ultra")films for a
> > long time because they have a nice long scale and color fidelity without
> > excessive contrast and saturation. Many modern consumer films are
designed
> > for contrast and saturation levels that I find unnatural.
> > I scan the negatives in a Nikon LS-4000 with VueScan software (which I
> > prefer to NikonScan). Although VueScan has a film setting for Agfa
Optima,
> > the resulting TIFF images have a slightly pinkish cast which I correct
with
> > PhotoShop's AutoColor feature. With rare exceptions I do not manipulate
the
> > images' color or contrast any further. From this stage in the work flow
I
> > can print, format a 640x480 JPEG copy for the Internet or archive the
image.
> > IMO perceived sharpness, contrast and saturation of small images posted
on
> > the Internet are affected by a lot of intervening variables, including
the
> > viewer's display screen and driver.
> > Oliver Bryk
> >
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