Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/04

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Subject: [Leica] Leica MDigital
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Sun Sep 4 01:10:12 2005
References: <200509031926.j83JNU2x018192@server1.waverley.reid.org> <5.1.0.14.2.20050903133627.00bcb0a0@mail.2alpha.com>

Do what I do, shoot B&W with the Leica. Tri X is still ~$4 a roll, cheaper 
if you roll your own. Develop it yourself for pennies. Get a neg scanner 
for ~$500 and you are all set. You get the dynamic range of B&W and still 
not have to set up a wet darkroom...

At 02:01 PM 9/3/2005, Peter Klein wrote:
>...
>I must say that when I shoot digital for a week or two and then go back to 
>my M6, I feel much more relaxed about shooting. I can rely on a lifetime 
>of instincts, and the film's latitude gives me some wiggle room.  Then the 
>bill from the lab comes, or I'm faced with scanning lots of frames, and I 
>want to shoot digital again.  :-)

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
use richard at imagecraft.com) 


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