Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Please purchase Hewes stainless reels or one of the other high quality ones, you will never have a problem. I do all my loading in a changing bag as well. It beats having to have a lightless room somewhere. Chris At 11:04 PM 2/23/2010, you wrote: >Chris, Rob- > >Thank you for looking and for the encouragement. I'm in a bit of primitive >situation wrt darkroom- don't have one! The film fumbling is done in a >changing bag and all else in the bathroom. I may well go back to the >plastic ratcheting reels if I don't get the metal reel skills down. I'll >develop for Hugh Thompson as well and I don't want to ruin the man's film. > >The image is from the first roll shot on the M6. This was my first real >Leica experience. I shot a couple of frames long ago on a friend's M3 but >until yesterday, that was the extent of it. I am going to like this camera- >it's a much more personal experience than are the DSLRs. The Leica/film >combination will, I think, work very well on the street here in Kabul. I'm >psyched! > >Wendy > >On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 7:54 AM, rob mcclure <rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com> >wrote: > > > Really nice, Wendy. Great subject, composition and processing. Your > > mention > > of metal reels brought flashbacks of ruined film -- I could never get the > > metal reels to work properly and finally gave up and used the plastic > > ones. > > > > Rob > > > > On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:15 PM, Wendy Thurman wrote: > > > > Jim- > >> > >> Thank you for the kind remarks. I've lost my touch with the stainless > >> reels; ruined several negatives on the roll and noticed a lot of > >> spotting > >> on > >> other frames. I'll get there sooner or later! > >> > >> The camera is a joy to use- it makes me think. > >> > >> Wendy > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net > >> >wrote: > >> > >> Wendy, > >>> > >>> It looks like you are doing fine! That image is better than most of > >>> mine > >>> when I used that film/developer combination, many, many years ago. > >>> Show > >>> us > >>> more. > >>> > >>> Jim Nichols > >>> Tullahoma, TN USA > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Thurman" < > >>> thurmanphoto at gmail.com > >>> > >>>> > >>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:57 PM > >>> Subject: [Leica] M6 Initiation > >>> > >>> > >>> I shot some film with the M6 yesterday. There's a bit of a learning > >>> curve > >>> > >>>> with the camera; digital has made me a lazy photographer. I really > >>>> enjoyed > >>>> using the camera but it's going to take a while for this relationship > >>>> to > >>>> develop. Speaking of developing, my film processing skills have > >>>> atrophied > >>>> as well and I've got some work to do in that department. Anyway, > >>>> here's > >>>> one > >>>> on Tri-X shot at ISO 400 and developed with D-76: > >>>> > >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/Untitled-2.jpg.html > >>>> > >>>> Wendy > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information