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Subject: [Leica] Piccadilly
From: matthew at hunt.tc (Matthew Hunt)
Date: Mon Jun 16 23:41:50 2008
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Thanks Steve, it was a new experience for me and glad you liked them.
Best wishes,

Matthew
 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve
Barbour
Sent: 15 June 2008 18:22
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Piccadilly
Importance: High

these look more like Luis Ripoll's M bw film work more than some of  
Luis' own images...


all with the M8 set bw jpeg fine ISO 360...



Steve


On Jun 15, 2008, at 10:06 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote:

> Thanks Bob - he wasn't too bothered about the filters, but most of  
> us used
> them.  When we made the slideshows afterwards the DNG showed magenta  
> instead
> of black of course, but in B&W made no difference.  He was given an  
> M8 and
> sent to Istanbul by Leica at the start of the M8's life, and we saw  
> his
> pictures from then before they had brought out all the UV/IR  
> filters.  Apart
> from synthetic fabrics it wasn't a problem.  He had some nice ISO  
> 2500 B&W
> taken in bars with film-like grain.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Matthew
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> Bob Adler
> Sent: 15 June 2008 16:03
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Piccadilly
>
> Looks like you had a good day's shooting, Mathew.
> Just curious; did Bret have any comments regarding the use/non-use  
> of the IR
> filters for BW work?
> Thanks,
> Bob
>  Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.raflexions.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Matthew Hunt <matthew@hunt.tc>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 4:51:10 AM
> Subject: [Leica] Piccadilly
>
> I went on the Leica Akademie afternoon in London last week.  Four of  
> us were
> taught by a Leica-M photographer called Brett who was very good.  To  
> make us
> concentrate on taking good shots we had to take B&W jpg at ISO 360  
> EV -1/3
> high contrast and these are all straight from camera.  Not my usual  
> style,
> and I learnt how to use the M8 in a different way from before.   
> These are my
> favourite 12.  I also kept DNG so have some colour for later  
> developing.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/mnsh/Piccadilly/
>
> C&C appreciated
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Matthew
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler) ([Leica] Piccadilly)
Message from matthew at hunt.tc (Matthew Hunt) ([Leica] Piccadilly)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Piccadilly)