Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, it was Gary. But I'm not ready to die yet and I think I can stave it off by keeping my developing up to date. I can't imagine what my darkroom would look like with a trash pail full of film that needed development: HC110 dilution Z??? bh - ----- Original Message ----- From: "tripspud" <tripspud@transbay.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 6:30 PM Subject: [Leica] Using film... > Hi Bill! > > I loaded 70 rolls of APX100 for my Reno daytrip to photograph > the classic cars and used about half, all still to be developed. I > think shooting a LOT of film has advantages. Look at Robert > Frank, Gary W. or HCB. They shot LOTS. And wasn't it > Gary Winogrand who didn't get around to processing some of > it? > > Cheers, > > Rich Lahrson > Berkeley, California > tripspud@transbay.net > > > > > > Bill Harting wrote: > > > Phong wrote: > Bulk loading only partially solves a small part of the > > equation: > > > money. (And thanks,... > > > > Don't mention it. I am not really trying to advocate bulk loading (it's just > > what I do), nor advocate firing away in the hope that out of all those > > images something will be good. I bulk load, I guess -- I haven't really > > analyzed it -- to help make the cost of each image somewhat less. Really not > > an overpowering argument. Maybe just part of the skills I originally learned > > when I was introduced to photography. > > > > Sunday I took 15 shots on my bulk-loaded 35-frame TX (old), and processed > > and contact printed today, and made one print (two copies). I identified a > > couple of others I will print for no artistic reason other than to show the > > subjects. > > > > So my picture taking is chopped into 35-frame segments, same as my filing > > system, and in a sense my time is, too. Should I load another roll (answer > > is always yes) even if I'll take only a few frames? But I feel free to burn > > that film if I want to, I'll just load more. > > > > The goal, I think, is to take pictures as freely as I wish, and part of that > > decision is money, which really is the same as time, these days. > > > > bill h > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html