Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LOL! When I scanned it, I immediately thought "Daniel Ridings". When it comes to black and white candid portraits, you are the LUG King. It *is* a very nice portrait lens. I couldn't afford a new one, but was able to get a like new specimen from KEH a while back. Try that Prescysol, especiallyw with your Rollei stuff, Daniel. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Ridings Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 1:31 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Jeffery PAW Week 8 I've been curious about this developer. Most of all ... I'd like a 75/1.4! That looks like one handy piece of glass. I like the portrait. Daniel On 2/18/07, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > This is a shot of fellow LUGer Bill Nelsh when he was down here at a > conference. He was able to slip out of the conference long enough to > shoot some Katrina destruction and have lunch. I bagged this with a > 75/1.4 Summilux in a restaurant. > > http://www.400tx.com/files/PAW2007/2007-8.html > > This is sort of cheating, though, since I snapped the picture last > year but only developed it yesterday. > > I am more and more impressed with Prescysol developer. Unlike PMK > Pyro, which only gets along with a small circle of films, Prescysol > seems to work marvelously with any B&W film, and you can mix all > different films in the same tank as the developing time is universally > the same. Here is an englargement of Bill's eye. Nice grain for TRI-X. > > http://tinyurl.com/2kotfe > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > http://400tx.blogspot.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