Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]J?rg, You might consider: http://www.scandinavianphoto.se You can switch to English in the lower left-hand corner. It works until you get to the chemicals, but then again, D76 is D76 and Xtol is Xtol, so ... Misc - products -> Darkroom -> B/W chemicals -> Kodak -> Film och pappersframkallare. They deliver to Finland (takes 2-3 days) at a fixed rate of 175 SEK (about 15-20 Euros). It's the same postage no matter how little or how much you order. Daniel On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, J?rg Willems wrote: > I appreciate that very much, Daniel! > > First, I should have told my wife that I pushed the film. My wife used to > do > all development when we had our wedding photo business and usually we had > much better results using TMAX 400 and 3200. These are the first films > that > she has ever developed in Finland and there are few things different here: > The water is much harder then it uses to be in Atlanta, GA, where we used > to live the last 25 years. > We bought the chemical (D76 and not DC70, sorry) from a small photo > dealer > in the next town (Valkeakoski) and it could be sitting there for over 10 > years on the shelf. On the bottom of the can is the number: 22503 93. > A new scanner (Epson 4180), although based on this picture: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album166/Katerma_Island_scr the scanner > should not be the culprit. > > In two weeks I will travel to Helsinki and I should be able to get Xtol. > > I used to able to handhold 1/15 sec with 50 mm lens but I'm afraid I can't > do that anymore. I tried that with our digital camera and most of them > where blurred. I must be getting old. > > Thank you for your advice and your pictures are lovely! > > Best Regards > J?rg > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jorg.willems=pp.inet.fi@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jorg.willems=pp.inet.fi@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Daniel Ridings > Sent: 31. tammikuuta 2005 12:08 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Having fun with Jenga > > J?rg, > > If you want Tmax at faster speed without a lot of grain, definitely try > Xtol 1:1. You can expose and develop for EI 3200 before you get that kind > of grain. > > http://www.dlridings.com/paw2004/38.html > > At EI 1600 you can't tell too much at all: > > http://www.dlridings.com/paw2005/3.html > > I ran out of Tmax this week, and so did the store. So my shots from this > week are with HP5 at 1600. Otherwise, Tmax is really a fine film all > around. Both in normal situations and when the light is playing hard to > get. > > I ran out of Xtol this week too. But the first shot is still with Tmax, > "exposed" at 800 in D76 1:1. > > I say "exposed" because in situations like this I think: "What can you > hand-hold ... 1/15, ok 1/15 wide-open". Not much real metering involved. > > Best, > Daniel > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, J?rg Willems wrote: > > > In the last week of December we met with a bunch of friends in Tampere, > > Finland, to play Jenga. In December the sun rises in Tampere at 9:43 AM > and > > sets at 3:07 PM. There was not much light and I shot everything with > > Noctilux wide open, TMAX 400 pushed to 800 (and forgot to tell my wife > > who > > did the development with DC70 for me). I am amazed how much grain the > > pictures have but it doesn't really bother me that much. I scanned them > all > > with 3200 dpi, 16 bit Grayscale. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album157/Watch_the_Tower_1 > > > > > I would appreciate to get ya'll's comments and critique. > > ? > > Regards J?rg > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.4 - Release Date: 25.1.2005 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.2 - Release Date: 28.1.2005 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.2 - Release Date: 28.1.2005 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >