Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30

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Subject: [Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:57:50 -0400

> 
> On Mar 29, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Vince Passaro wrote:
> 
>> Yeah maybe one day. But I also like the possibility that I've confirmed I
>> was right the first time.
>> 
>> Plus I have a sentimental attachment to Kodak and a distaste for Ilford.
>> Photographer I worked for in the early 80s sent me out by goddam Port
>> Authority bus and shank's mare as my grandmother used to say on a blasting
>> summer day to some god awful corporate castle in New Jersey of Ilford's to
>> pick up some kind of special paper he wanted. Then he was pissed it took 
>> me
>> so long. I'm talking like a mile and a half in blank Jersey industrial 
>> park
>> at 96 degrees.  Then bus.
>> 
>> So it's hard to love Ilford.
>> 
>> Meanwhile people ask other's people's opinions here ALL THE TIME SO WHAT'S
>> THE BIG DEAL ALLUVA SUDDEN?
> 
> that you sound serious...
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
And the obvious thing to do is to go out and buy a roll of Ilford and Kodak
shoot them and scan them and see if there's a difference.
You can't practice photography vicariously on the internet.
Shoot the stuff yourself and show and or tell us about it.

[Rabs]
Mark William Rabiner





In reply to: Message from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?)