Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I might try some Efke 50 or 100. I've heard some good reports on Neopan Acros-100 too. Anyone using this film? Jim Laird On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> wrote: > I was talking to Tom Abrahamsson this morning, and he recollected as did I > that HCB said once when asked about the sprocket hole strip, and why it was > missing: 'I ate them', implying at least that he had done it for whatever > reason, and that this is likely the original. > > On the other hand we're all just guessing and inferring from hearsay, and > probably the full 'truth' will never come out anymore. And it really > doesn't > matter. > > As far as 'old style' film is concerned, some of the stuff that Efke > markets > comes closer than today's Tri-X and HP5+ or other films from the majors. > The > Efke offerings come from a couple of different manufacturers and are based > on old Adox and Orwo emulsions. MACO also produces some (and Efke markets > some of those, as well). > > > > At 1:53 PM -0400 6/10/11, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >> >> Henning is right! I stand corrected. I based my original conclusion on >> measuring the image on an iPad. But enlarged on a 20" screen, and making >> allowance for the foreshortening, I estimate that the negative strip is >> 27.5 >> mm wide. A row of perforations could have been snipped off and still leave >> the full image frame. Why that was done is hard to say. Damage? Stripped >> sprocket holes? >> >> The fact that the film was snipped does not mean that the negative shown >> was >> not a copy. E. Leitz (remember them?) made several devices for duplicating >> film strips including the Elida Film Printer, the Eldur Contact Printer, >> and >> the Kopat Combination Printer. One of the major scientific uses of the >> Leica >> camera was copying rare artifacts and manuscripts in situ. Leitz itself >> suggested that distribution prints of rarities be produced from copy >> negatives to avoid excessive handling and potential damage to >> irreplaceable >> original images. The HCB jump negative probably fits in that category. >> Interestingly Leitz never suggested blowing up the negative to 4x5 size to >> make copy prints. The idea probably would have gone against the 35mm bias >> of >> the company. A full description of Leica copying technique is spelled out >> in >> Morgan and Lester's "Leica Manual," especially the editions published >> before >> 1950 when specialized microfilm copying equipment became widely available. >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > > ? ? ?Henning J. Wulff > ?Wulff Photography & Design > mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > ?http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >