Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, I think the preponderence of B&W images is due to two factors: 1) Many of the situations where people use the Noctilux (e.g. pictures of people in bars, night pictures etc.) lend themselves very well to B&W; 2) As someone else pointed out, since most of the places where you would use the Noctilux are illuminated with artificial light, you get color casts. This applies to all available-light photography, not specifically the Noctilux. I used to have one, and on the few occasions when I shot color film with it, the results were fine. Nathan Richard F. Man wrote: > A know a lot of (most?) Leica users shoot in B&W. Most example > photographs I have seen from the Noctilux, Summilux wide open etc. are > in B&W, is there any reason to expect different behaviors on color film > (e.g Provia slides)? I use my 35 summilux asph a lot wide open indoor, > and *may* heed the siren song of the Noctilux but since I shoot only in > color (currently), just wondering what the collective wisdom of the list > is. > > Thanks. > > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com> > <http://www.dragonsgate.net/mailman/listinfo> > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html