Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, You should take hikes more often. Your wife will certainly appreciate it and the photo's work well too. Neopan is a wonderful film, finer grained than TX with a little more shadow detail at the expense of a straight mid-tone and a slightly less forgiving shoulder. Price doesn't hurt either. Good luck on those hikes, trust your subordinates, and smell the Xtol. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 4/20/06, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: > > What a month April is. Every year we have > 4/14 - My Mother In Law birthday. This year it's her 70th. > 4/15 - Anniversary of my Mom's passing in 1987 :-( > 4/15 - Tax day, enough said. > 4/16 - My Mom's birthday > 4/19 - My birthday > 4/19 - Columbine, Waco... > > Added to that this year, on 4/18, we have the passing our my Mother In > Law's dog, Stuart, whom we raised for her as a pup. > > Nevertheless, this birthday was better than most I can recall in recent > memory. Kids drew me cards etc. They made my favorite custard pie... > hmmm... > > I took it easy at work and went for a hike with my wife and the young pup. > Even though the light is harsh at late afternoon, of course I took my > camera. I am trying out new film too, Neopan 400 (I know, 400 is too high > speed for sunny outdoor but 400 film is what I usually shoot, so may as > well use that...). After many rolls of Tri-X, which I like a lot, I am > trying out Neopan 400 mainly because it's $.70 cheaper at B&H Photo. I > went > for a 1+1 Xtol soup as well. The results look pretty decent. I think I > will > buy a brick of the Neopan tomorrow. > > A few pictures came out half decent, including a rare picture of me. > Nothing spectacular of course, but may be you will enjoy them too: > http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/041906/ > > Comments, suggestions, welcome. > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >