Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, I like your latest. Very nice. Have you ever tried Ilford Delta 3200? It can get you awful far. And until we learn all the routines for getting good b/w out of color, it's going to be hard to reach the mood that a good b/w film can produce. You asked what camera I used: it was a Nikon D100. From what I understand the Nikon D70 doesn't have HI-1 (3200) and HI-2 (6400) or maybe it's only HI-2 that has been dropped. It really doesn't matter. I think the reason they don't call it ISO 3200 and ISO 6400 is that they are simply underexposing one and two stops with the iso set at 1600 and then pulling things back up in software. So you could use a camera that goes up to iso 1600 and then set the exposure manually to underexpose by one or two stops and do the same software work (raising the image up again) in Photoshop. The result might even be better. Photoshop offers more alternatives (curves, levels, brightness, contrast) that you can play with individually instead of relying on a canned routine in the camera. I see your shot is with Neopan 1600 ... another nice film. But Delta 3200 is a little faster and might give you a tad more detail and less contrast. I develop it in Ilford's DD-X. I tried in Xtol a couple of years ago (in medium format) but it just didn't work out very well. I developed a little longer than what Ilford recommends (about a minute if I remember correctly). For Delta 3200 I find Ilford's recommended times a little on the short side. I hardly ever deviate much from recommendations, but in this case I do. Once again, I like your shot! More music! :-) Best, Daniel > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Louice-jam-sessions/DSC_0828g > > > > I'll be using film as steadily as before, but if I ever really, really > > need EI 6400, I know what I'll do. > > All right, Daniel, you've convinced me: for that low light, I've gotta > use digital. > Which Nikon did you use? > > Here's my latest jazz in the dark: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/johnny > > > john > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >