Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That works for me. The older the better. > > From: Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> > Date: 2006/03/08 Wed AM 11:12:49 EST > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Jeffery PAW - Week 10 - ? la mani?re de Robert Capa > > Jeffrey: > > It's the very early Rodinal that was continued in production in East > Germany after the war. Supposed to be excellent and more akin to the > early formula (1889?) > > Walt > > Jeffery Smith wrote: > > >I have a lot of Agfa 400 that I bought when Agfa went belly up. I'll try > >some of that with Rodinal. > > > >J&C has something called Rodinal but the packaging is different. It's > >called Rodinal R09. I'm wondering if it is the same stuff. > > > >JLS > > > > > > > > > >>From: Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> > >>Date: 2006/03/08 Wed AM 10:16:10 EST > >>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Jeffery PAW - Week 10 - ? la mani?re de Robert Capa > >> > >> > >> > >>Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Resisting digital as long as possible, I'm trying to find a > >>>film/developer/lens/technique that will give me the look of some of the > >>>old > >>>Capa and HCB images. I just received my first two boxes of Rollei 25 > >>>(the > >>>varnished wooden boxes are pretty darned elegant for holding 10 rolls of > >>>film) which I hope will give me a bit more density > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Jeffery: > >> > >>If all it took to emulate Capa, HCB or Frank was a trip to the local > >>photo store we'd all be rich and famous. Unfortunately, (well, you fill > >>in the rest) > >> > >>One point though, density is a function of exposure not film speed and > >>in fact slower films are much thinner emulsions than say Tri-X or HP5. > >>I'd bet Capa and Bresson were shooting something akin to the fast > >>films of their day. > >> > >>When Photographers Formulary starts producing their Rodinal copy in > >>liquid form and you're still looking for "that look" try it and Tri-X. > >>That darn stuff was the oldest formula developer on the market and would > >>give substance to your images like nothing else. > >> > >>If you want to experiment, try 1 camera, 1 lens (28 or 35) and a pocket > >>full of film. Go back to the 9th ward (where you've done so well > >>already) and pick one scene. Do this one scene until it can't be done > >>any better. Most importantly, look at the scene. */Watch the light/*, > >>and when it's time to shoot, do it. Don't forget the most important > >>thing, /*Watch the light. */When you think you can't do it any better, > >>stop and /*Watch the light. */That's why they call it photography. > >> > >>Walt > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Leica Users Group. > >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > > > >Jeffery > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 >