Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Jul 31, 2016, at 10:25 AM, lluisripollphotography > <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > > I would like add another concept, imagine you shot a great image you want > it was preserved by collectors for years ?., IMHO only film give you this > 100% guarantee. Just like it did of your photo of the woman. Steve > > Lluis > > >> El 31 jul 2016, a les 19:20, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> >> va escriure: >> >> >>> On Jul 31, 2016, at 10:01 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I am not Lluis, Steve, and I am no expert but I have recently gone back >>> to film for, say, 10-15% of my shooting. Why? Because it has some ?je ne >>> sais quoi? to it?tonality, magic, whatever. >> >> Agree Nathan, but maybe the experience is entirely, "in the brain". >> I suspect if we put up 50 digital images; and 50 film images and tested >> our ability to tell the difference, we would be right, probably as much >> as 50 percent of the time. >> >> >> Steve >> >> >>> And there is a distinct pleasure in shooting my Leica M2 with period >>> lenses like the 50mm Summilux from the 1960s or the 90mm Tele-Elmarit >>> that still deliver such superb images. It may not be wholly rational, >>> but nobody is paying me to take pictures?I have a good day job which >>> provides me with a decent living?so I can take pictures in whatever way >>> pleases me. >>> >>> I am going to spend a day with Lluis in his summer home, Sitges, about >>> 30 km south of Barcelona. The plan is to walk around with him, and >>> hopefully use his invisibilty cloak and his charm to get some decent >>> shots of my own. I plan to shoot mainly film?I will take a digital >>> camera with me to supplement the M2, but most likely it will be just the >>> Ricoh GR or perhaps the Fuji X-T1 with just one lens, the tiny but >>> superb 27mm. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >>> YNWA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 31 Jul 2016, at 18:07, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Lluis, a question to run by you, now an expert, if this same image has >>>> been shot digitally, would you have had more power to fix it, the way >>>> you would like? >>>> >>>> many thanks, >>>> >>>> amities, >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jul 31, 2016, at 8:56 AM, lluisripollphotography >>>>> <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thank you Nathan, I forget it, as you say I have other images to work >>>>> >>>>> Un abrazo >>>>> Lluis >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> El 30 jul 2016, a les 7:15, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >>>>>> va escriure: >>>>>> >>>>>> Lluis, I am sure you can do something using Photoshop heroics and >>>>>> other voodoo but given how many great images you have in your files, >>>>>> it just does not seem worth the effort. >>>>>> >>>>>> Un abrazo, >>>>>> Nathan >>>>>> >>>>>> Nathan Wajsman >>>>>> Alicante, Spain >>>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >>>>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >>>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>>>>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: >>>>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>>>>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >>>>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >>>>>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >>>>>> YNWA >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 30 Jul 2016, at 02:30, lluisripollphotography >>>>>>> <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please take a look to this picture from 1992 (please view large), I >>>>>>> like very much the expression and the moment but the picture is bad, >>>>>>> beside the negative is dirty and I would have to clean, the picture >>>>>>> is undefined, out of focus, I think I can?t anything to improve it? >>>>>>> any idea? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Vintage/Vilanova_Vintage/199202007LR5.jpg.html> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c will be appreciated >>>>>>> Lluis >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information