[Leica] PAW 4 - 2005 - Lee Hermann

[nicholsj at edge.net (Jim Nichols)]

Lee,

Don't feel that you are alone in using Wal-Mart services.  I have had very
good luck using their 1-Hour service to get C-41 developing and scans
recorded on a CD.  I seldom get prints.  Their scans are great for
enlargements up to 5x7 or 8x10, or, for posting on the web.  I have also
found that Kodak Gold 200 gives consistant color results.  It may not be
the latest in film technology, but it is easy to find and works for me.

Jim Nichols


> [Original Message]
> From: lkhermann <lkhermann@bresnan.net>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: 2/1/2005 7:32:52 AM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] PAW 4 - 2005 - Lee Hermann
>
> At 11:36 PM 1/31/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >Kodak Gold, for all its virtues, is still a crummy film.  You're
> >shooting with the best optics that modern 35mm film technology affords.
> >Why not use the best emulsions available?  Even allowing for the
> >vagaries of web transmission, the color balance is off here, the dynamic
> >range limited, and what might have been an engaging image is overwhelmed
> >by the mediocrity of its reproduction.
> >
> >And I am simply and incandescently green (as is the white balance of
> >this image) with envy that this jaundiced chap is eating as well as he
> >is, and boozing on white plonk, as well.
> >
> >Cheers!
> >
> >C
>
>
> Dear Chandos, Richard and Richard,
>          Thankyou for commenting.  It was good food and I enjoyed it.  I 
> have to confess that I have taken the path of least resistence and 
> purchased cheap film, more or less standardizing on kodak gold 200.  The 
> film that I loved best was kodachrome 25.  I must confess that I have 
> examined the negatives and the film that was used for this photo was
Kodak 
> Ultracolor 400.  I got the roll at the LHSA meeting and it was in the bag 
> so to speak.  My real discomfort was that if I had placed the camera on
the 
> table 6 inches to the side, I would have had his reflection as 
> well.  Another moment missed.
> Thank you for commenting and I will try to be more accurate in the future 
> and if I can get my act together will start processing B & W again after 
> many years of sloth.  Perhaps it is dangerous to confess, but I use
Walmart 
> to process the Kodak gold and they are responsible for the scans.  I am 
> going to take a class on PhotoShop and some day I may buy my own scanner.
> Thanks again for your input.
> Lee
>
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