Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUGgers, About two weeks ago I had to travel to Brussels for a week. This was about the time that Lluis was having his MM repaired and was using film. So I decided to follow suit and took my M3 and of course film. Workflow: Unlike the great man I don't soup my own, so I sent my rolls of XP2 plus and HP5 to Ilford for them to do the messy bit and scan them to High Res TIFs. I can't say that I am impressed with what I got. The negs are OK, but the TIFFs came back as greyscale and not of the greatest quality. In order to use them with NEP I had to convert them to RGB/8. Having made most adjustments with NEPI then finished them off in PSE. What follows are the results. Some I am pleased with, some less so. They are all taken in St. Catherine, which is an old but rather touristy area away from the tourist areas, full of young people and a few good restaurants and a large pool around which everyone gathers. All are M3 with 5cm Summaron hand held. Most of these are XP2 @ 400ASA at speeds of about 1/60th to 1/15th hand held. A bar: <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/BarStCatherine-1.jpg.html> A couple having a drink by the pool: <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/CouplePoolStCatherine-1.jpg.html> A dark side street nearby: <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/DarkStreetStCatherine-1.jpg.html> One of the old churches in the area: Yes I know it looks a bit like it's tilting back, but I really like the lighting here and decided to leave it as it is ;-) : <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/BruusselsChurch-1.jpg.html> More to post later. It was a really interesting and valuable lesson in how to take pictures simply Your comments and constructive criticisms are as always welcome, Thanks for taking the time to look. Peter Dzwig