Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some examples here, too, if you scroll down: http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/tib/tib5201.shtml Tina On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:48 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > > Then I started the Kenyan films: I was very excited about these. African > panoramas. The first one I printed (after processing all 6 rolls and > contact printing) had strange densities that I had 'tried' to ignore on > the contact sheet, hoping it was the plastic I used to hold hte film flat > BUT no. The next shot (almost identical) was also 'scarred'. I immediately > blamed my processing: did I agitate enough? BUT the more I looked at them > the less I was convinced. This 35mm film is of course in small metal > containers, they were 'bunched' together in the handluggage and there is a > potential weak point where the felt stops light, but not X rays, so this > could explain why the patterns were somewhat irregular: I really don't > think my processing would have scarred across the film like this: the 120 > rolls did not have the same pattern, so once again I think the entire > project was ruined by radiation. Helen asked me if I could 'rescue' any > and I said "maybe, if I scanned them and 'patched' them up in PS" but in > the end why have film and digitize it when you can use digital capture in > the first place. > > So if this is true then you cannot carry film when you travel by air, and > this is my major interest in photography. If I cannot use film on my > travels I will soon lose any skills I have. > > I rang a friend last week before come to the USA and he just said: "you > should think about getting one of those new digital camera things". I will > enjoy the darkroom workshop, but there is a sword hanging over the > darkroom and the thread holding it is very thin!! > > Perhaps I need to GROW UP ;-) > > That became longer than I expected, but kept me awake!!! > > Alastair > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com