Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Daniel, the high contrast situations give very pleasing results, me thinks. B. On 8-mrt-2006, at 16:48, Daniel Ridings wrote: > I am going to allow myself to get "technical". :-) Walt already > mentioned the tenuous link between Capa and the rest of us (we're not > close enough). > > Anyway, to the mundane details of film. I have been playing with other > films in the event that the rug gets pulled out from under us (already > happened to me once with Agfa APX400 in 120 format). The Efke films > have never drawn my attention. They are just too slow for me. > > So I've been toying with Fomapan, both 400 and 200. They are two > different animals. The 400 reminds me of APX400. It's the 200 that I > was going to exemplify here (mostly). One thing I like about Fomapan > is that you can pull out some contrast even it dull situations. > > These shot are from a fairly rainy, dreary day in London: > > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/ > 2006v0607/06v07-0002.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/ > 2006v0607/06v06-0003.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/ > 2006v0607/06v06-0004.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/ > 2006v0607/06v07-0005.jpg.html > > The next two were really taken on an overcast day. I'm happy with the > snap I can pull out of the negatives: > > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v09/06v09-0015.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v08/06v08-0006.jpg.html > > Yet, if you have a really strong sun it doesn't block up (readily) in > the highlights or the shadows. It handles contrast nicely: > > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v09/06v09-0008.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v09/06v09-0009.jpg.html > > And portraits turn out nicely too in windowlight: > > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v08/06v08-0001.jpg.html > > All these were taken with on-topic stuff. The last portrait was with > the IIIf and 50/2.0 Summitar. > > Of the two, Fomapan 400 and Fomapan 200, I think I actually prefer the > 200. That surprizes me because I am very, very partial to faster > films. But I am finding I can live with 200 now as the light returns > just fine. > > So much for film ... > > Daniel > > On 3/8/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> 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 >> >> http://www.400tx.com/2006-10.html >> >> This right at the breach of the 17th St. Canal (you can see the white >> sandbags in the background). >> >> Jeffery Smith >> New Orleans, LA >> http://www.400tx.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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