Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've shot almost 250 rolls of Tri-X in the last year :D Its great stuff. Much cheaper than a D3 too at $2 a roll through Freestyle. Yeah, I know the digital comes with film built in, I'll spend more on film over the years than a D3, etc...but I have $2 in my pocket to buy a roll of film. I can even afford to pay the local camera shop $6 for it! I don't have $5000 for a D3, lol. About the film itself, I think it is better than digital as far as tonality for BW work, though I have done some really beautiful BW digital images in the past when I had a Kodak 14n. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-424-0897 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 9/8/10 12:37 AM, "Mark Kronquist" <mak at teleport.com> wrote: > A friend (Marketing Director) got me a field photo pass to the Portland > Timbers soccer club for the last home game before they are promoted to the > MSL. Out of respect for their heritage I thought it would be cool to shoot > some Tri-X in my M4-P with a 135 f.4 Tele-Elmar along with a Nikon F2 with > a > MD-1 and a 300 f2.8 (okay and my D3 as a back up). Just spent two hours > knocking out 40 killer 8 x 10's out of the four rolls shot (mixed Leica and > F2) my hands smell of sulphur, the lights have a strange tone (having > spent 2 > hours under the red light) an the photos are quite astounding... > > As much as I like the D3's knock 'em dead images there is something quite > fetching about film... > > Perhaps we had all ought go shoot a roll or two before the year is out... > > My 2 cents > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information