Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff, B&W works well here, and transmits the strange and beautiful atmospheric effects. But IMHO the colour palette is so rich, it would a pity to not try to catch it I couldn't save me running here and there, looking for so spectacular textures ! Cheers, Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Williams" <jeffwill_nz en yahoo.fr> To: <lug en leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 3:10 PM Subject: [Leica] IMG: Rotorua B&W vs Colour + big thanks to Leica serviceGermany! > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jeffw/ > > > Hello LUG, > > Sorry I have been so quiet lately, too much work etc etc. Trying to get > get back some balance! > > A couple of months ago the minilux showed the E02 error. I seen this > famous shutter error three times now, the first two times Leica fixed it > for a fee. The third time I thought I'd email them and ask if it was worth > fixing as they had already fixed it twice before. I got a very nice mail > back from Leica service in Germany apologising for the third occurance of > the E02 error and inviting me to send it to them for a free repair which I > promptly did. > > Back it came three weeks later in time for my holiday to NZ, so I decided > I'd take film instead of digital and give the Minilux a bit of work (to > test the new shutter of course!). The black and whites were taken with the > minilux at Rotorua which is a thermal region full of steam and boiling > mud. The colour shots were taken with an old canon T70 with a 28mm FD as > it had been a few years since I had put a film through this camera and > thought some exercise would do it good. I ended up liking both the colour > and B&W shots, each giving a different feel for the same region. All > scanned on a Coolscan V. > > Comments and critiques welcome. > > BIG THANKS TO LEICA SERVICE FOR A JOB WELLDONE ON THE MINILUX! > > Regards > jeff le kiwi > Paris > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information