[Leica] IMG: some film portraits

[tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)]

I have been there, done that, and I agree.  I will never return to film.

I admire the results that some of the LUG members are getting with film.
Nathan's are beautiful.

But I will never go back.  The Leica SL at high ISOs gives me a beautiful
digital noise that looks so much like grain, that I don't miss film at all.

I spent too many hours in the darkroom, trying to meet a deadline, printing
contact sheets, smelling chemicals, drying film in a dust-free environment,
keeping everything at the right temperature, filing all of the film, trying
to label, date, and annotate everything.

With digital, I put the card in the computer and download the photos.  All
of the information is there in the EXIF, including the GPS location!!  As
I'm getting older and can't remember where I shot what, this is very
helpful.

I think digital is a miracle.  I thought film was a miracle the first time
I developed a print, but now I'm older and wiser ;-)

Tina

On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 5:15 PM, Ted Grant via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Hi Nathan,
> When I finally appeared to get some kind of handle on digital and a couple
> of digital cameras/lenses it never occurred to me I'd ever ever ever switch
> back to that medieval film and developer CONCEPT?:-)
> However I looked at your film photos and for a wild and crazy moment? I
> fleetingly, loosely & foolishly thought recklessly? I might switch back to
> film?
> However! In a mentally flashing moment I recaptured my sensibilities and
> immediately dismissed the concept! WHY?
> Well how many LUG CREW SHOOTERS have shot a working assignment of a few
> weeks and faced the darkroom with 500 hundred rolls of film to soup and
> make 2 sets of contact sheets?
> So my friend as beautiful as your film B&W images are? I honestly have to
> say?
> FILM?? NEVER!!!! EVER AGAIN!!!!!! :-) :-) :-)
> CHEERS,
> Dr. Ted Grant O.C.   :-)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Nathan Wajsman
> Sent: May-09-18 11:33 AM
> To: Leica Users Group; Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: some film portraits
>
> I have been alone at home for the past week, since coming home from
> Denmark, as my wife has been visiting her family in Puerto Rico. While it
> is a bit lonely, it does have certain advantages, such as parking my
> bicycle inside if I wish, and plenty of time to develop and scan a few
> rolls of film I have shot recently. Inspired by my friend Lars, I have also
> been experimenting with stand development?no agitation, very dilute
> developer (Rodinal 1:100 in my case), just let stand for 1 hour. I also
> developed in a more conventional manner, using ID11+ for a couple of rolls
> of Fuji Acros. So far I like these four portraits, which prompted me to
> start a dedicated portrait gallery within my film area on Smugmug. So, here
> they are:
>
> Lars, kind of environmental portrait:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/FIlm/Film-portraits/i-chNvG2x/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/FIlm/Film-portraits/i-chNvG2x/A>
>
> Lars, during a coffee break while visiting Moesgaard Museum in Aarhus:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/FIlm/Film-portraits/i-mmdMkfL/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/FIlm/Film-portraits/i-mmdMkfL/A>
>
> Grainy Lone, a classmate from 6th-9th grade at Skt. Knuds Skole in Aarhus
> in the mists of time:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/FIlm/Film-portraits/i-pLvcx7r/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/FIlm/Film-portraits/i-pLvcx7r/A>
>
> Piotr, a Polish economist from the OECD, during a visit here last week:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/FIlm/Film-portraits/i-nmmFn7B/A <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/FIlm/Film-portraits/i-nmmFn7B/A>
>
> Camera, film and chemistry data are given in the captions.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
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> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
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