[Leica] What film did HCB use?

[benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)]

Of course, but I think you underestimate the disparity in his volume
of rolls shot pre- and post-WWII.  before WWII he shot a variety of
films from Agfa, Kodak, Ilford and other manufacturers.  Between the
end of WWII and 1955 he mostly shot Ilford HPS and XX.  After that he
mostly used HP4 and Tri-X.  You can see a lot of work and discuss with
relevant people at the Foundation Cartier-Bresson:
http://www.henricartierbresson.org/index_en.htm - I found the staff
very helpful when I visited.

And yes, the films are only the same in name, which is why I said they
had changed.

Marty


On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:
> Born in 1908 HCB was 47 years old when TRI X came out in 1955.
> Which was also I think the year the M system came out.
> HCB did the bulk of his work with iso 40 films and Leica screw mount 
> cameras
> and lenes. His early idol was Atget who was still photographing 19 years
> into HCB' s life. HCB' s first camera was Atget's down the the same wood it
> was made out of.
>
> http://photo.net/street-documentary-photography-forum/00XEoG
> Here are people talking about ?an 1958 HCB interview HCB' s early work 
> being
> shot at an ASA or ISO of 8 or 10.
> I think his average iso in his total body of work would be around 40.
>
> And what ever film his shot in this day and age that film may have the same
> name but be the same in name only.
>
>
> --------------------
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
>> From: James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 20:28:19 -0500
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] What film did HCB use?
>>
>> You mean nobody's developed an HCB printer profile for Tri-X and
>> Ilford scans? ;-)
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> He used Tri-X and Ilford HPS and HP3, depending on when the shots were
>>> taken. ?The later work was processed at Picto in Paris. ?The films
>>> have changed, so the look won't be the same, but good luck.
>>>
>>> Marty
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:41 AM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> Just for kicks I want to try to duplicate the 'look', not of course the
>>>> artistry, of HCB's photographs. Probably a foolish endeavor but hey 
>>>> I've got
>>>> an M4 and a collapsible Summicron so why not? Anybody know what
>>>> film/developer combo he used most often? I've heard most of his photos 
>>>> were
>>>> actually processed and printed by someone else (at Magnum?)
>>>>
>>>> Jim Laird
>>>>
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