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Subject: [Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:19:13 -0700
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On Mar 30, 2010, at 7:12 AM, Vince Passaro wrote:

> Ah, I see.


glib, but I'm not sure you do...

> 
> That's a given.
> 
> Criticism is as inevitable as breathing, TS Eliot once wrote. Of course I
> have opinions, a sense of this and that, and if I have anything I have a
> sensibility. I know what I like. i'm willing to like more, but the bar is
> high.
> 
> So yes, But merde? Chickens? Trieste? Only in August my man. And then only
> if someone else is paying.
> 
> Vince
> 
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at 
> gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:49 AM, Vince Passaro wrote:
>> 
>>> See (Steve) that's the kind of answer I'm talking about. THAT's what I'm
>>> talking about. I didn't know any of that shit before. Now I do.
>> 
>> yes, when Henning answers, people (all of us)  listen carefully...
>> but for any opinion to be evaluated, valued, acted upon...
>> the number one important thing is to have your own experience, opinion, 
>> and
>> value system...
>> how else do you decide which of the many varied inputs and opinions is the
>> one to value ?
>> 
>> 
>> Steve
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Vince
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Henning Wulff <henningw at 
>>> archiphoto.com
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> At 11:32 PM -0400 3/29/10, Vince Passaro wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Nah you misunderstood: "that's why I'm asking people's opinion's...."
>>>>> about
>>>>> which one they think is best. The Kodak or the Ilford. Kodak seems to
>> be
>>>>> winning which was my experience. The Ilford was too low contrast in my
>>>>> experience.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> If you won't develop Tri-X then I take it you don't do enlarging. In
>> that
>>>> case low contrast is your friend, as scanners are much more forgiving of
>> low
>>>> contrast than medium or high contrast.
>>>> 
>>>> I've used various C41 films; Kodak (various flavours), Ilford XP and XP2
>>>> and Agfa's. All work fine for scanning. For printing I like the Ilford
>> XP2
>>>> best if I do it myself. Photofinishers generally like the Kodak films
>>>> better.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> 
>>>> *            Henning J. Wulff
>>>> /|\      Wulff Photography & Design
>>>> /###\   mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com
>>>> |[ ]|     http://www.archiphoto.com
>>>> 
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