Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the info. I'm going to start trying to develop my own film. I've downloaded the Kodak booklet for it's Plus-X and Tri-X and just need to do a little more reading up on it before I tackle it. So if you do a 1:1 dilution (with water? distilled water? something else?) do you double the wait time? And -- if that's the Coppertone girl, it's after the ugly break-up of her parents and a few years of drug and alcohol abuse. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Jim Shulman <jshul at comcast.net> wrote: > That's just the Coppertone girl after brunch <g>. > > Lately, I've been gravitating toward Fuji films over Kodak. The Acros 100 > is unbeatable for a combination of great contrast along with exceptional > smoothness and detail, along with fine grain. I've also been impressed by > the Neopan 400 (which I pushed to 800) shot at the steampunk festival--the > grain was surprisingly tight--whereas with Tri-X I'd have been rushing to > use some grain-suppression program like Neat Image. > > I do all my developing in D76 at a 1:1 dilution. I like the results, and > don't mind waiting a few extra minutes in the developing stage. Plus, it > doubles the amount of developer available <g>. > > I do some minor image manipulation in Photoshop, mainly dust/spot removal. > Sometimes I will tweak the contrast a tiny bit, or increase (or decrease) > the darkness--which is more a measure of slightly-off exposures or > variations from scanning. > > Best, > Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul <lug-bounces%2Bjshul>=comcast.net@ > leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Vince > Passaro > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 4:10 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] PESO: Concert > > Jim, > > Another great shot. You use a lot of the Acros 100 and I like the way it > looks on your postings. How would you compare it with TriX (I know 100 v > 400, but otherwise?) or the TMax 100? It seems to have not only a lot of > depth and smoothness, but also quite high contrast which is what I like > about TriX and what I miss in PlusX and TMax and Fuji Pan 400. > > And what do you develop it in? > > Thanks for your time. > > V > > PS Did you see the Lluis pic of the heavyset tourist girl with the sunburn > line over her drooping pants? Huh? Did you see that? Well I blame you. > That's right. You heard me. > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Jim Shulman <jshul at comcast.net> wrote: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/concert+sm.jpg.html > > > > > > > > Iskra 120, Acros 100 > > > > > > > > Jim Shulman > > > > Wynnewood, PA > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >