[Leica] This is not a PAW

[robertmeier at usjet.net (robertmeier@usjet.net)]

Daniel,

That film/develop/scanner combination works extremely well for that kind of light.  It gives the scene some interest without becoming overly contrasty, very nice range of gray tones, but with good blacks and whites.  And it differentiates the huge number of middle grays very nicely.  I've gotten the Epson 4870 scanner, but I haven't done much with B&W on it.   I'll have to try a range of different B&W negatives with it.

Bob


>Some of you will find this boring, but I know at least one other person
>has been struggling with this: 400TX and our scanners.
>
>I can scan all of my old Tri-X just fine and I usually use Neopan in the
>darker part of the year. When the light came back I picked up 40 rolls of
>400TX. Yesterday I managed to get the shop to take back 20 rolls in an
>unbroken package in exchange for Delta 400. I'm sure the new 400TX is just
>fine. It's just that it is an unfortunate combination with my scanner.
>I've heard that the grain is now at a size where the pixels and grain do
>not get along. Another way of solving my problem is to get a scanner with
>a higher resolution, so I'm sold (2850 is max for mine here at home).
>
>Anyway, all with M3 and 90 Summicron (Canadian) and Delta 400 processed in
>Ilford DD-X. When I test a film, I just use it like I normally would and
>fire off a few shots in different lighting.
>
>These guys like quiet, undisciplined (=unkept) gardens. They like mine.
>Last year we had a whole family. It was comical to hear all the squeaking
>as she decided to move to the neighbor's yard ... with 8 little young'uns
>in tow (we had to help them up the curb on the other side of the road).
>
>http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/04v22-0024.jpg
>(flat lighting, low contrast)
>
>Sune is over 10 years old so he is satisfied just to greet them (if I'm
>showing an interest in them) but he realizes there's not much more to gain
>from them.
>
>http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/04v22-0025.jpg
>
>Simon just called from Bulgaria (he arranged a trip before graduation). He
>got punched in the face as he left a bar and it split his eyebrow open.
>He's as much as a fighter as Sune, so he just left. Still a little
>worrisome.
>
>http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/04v22-0026.jpg
>(window lighting, soft evening light (7pm), 1/60 @ f2.8. It's ALWAYS 1/60
>@ f2.8. Why do I bother metering? Well, I don't, usually.)
>
>Daniel
>http://www.dlridings.com/paw2004
>
>
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