Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great, Daniel. I have quite a bit of Fomapan in my fridge as well. 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 "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 9 Mar 2021, at 21:20, Daniel Ridings via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > Thanks Nathan, > > This was due to a challenge from someone on the Leica III users on FB. The > challenge was to use the 90 elmar. > > I decided to try something else as well, down-rating Fomapan 400 to EI 250. > Fomapan 400 isn't really anywhere near EI 400, not even Foma's own > technical sheets show it getting much better than 250, 320 max. So since > the day was contrasty, I shot at 250 and pulled back a bit on development, > HC-110 1:47 for 7.5 minutes. > > This week I've done the same (EI 250) but used my normal developer, Xtol. > The negatives look good, but I haven't scanned them yet. > > Tri-X and even somewhat HP5+ have become so much more expensive. Tri-X > costs 3x's as much, HP5+ 2x's as much as Fomapan. I burn through a fair > amount of film in my old age, so I've been using Fomapan 400. At 400 it > will lose some shadow detail, which you don't always notice in the drab > winters of the north, but it is still ok. For high contrast scenes I would > definitely shoot it at a lower EI. The development time doesn't really need > to vary much from the published times, since it doesn't make it to 400 > anyway. > > I'll scan some Xtol developed frames tomorrow. > > Thanks again > > Daniel > > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 8:16 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > >> These are gorgeous, Daniel, especially the first one. What film did you >> use? >> >> 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 >> >> "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 7 Mar 2021, at 07:35, Daniel Ridings via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> Here are a couple of shots from my IIIf and 90 Elmar from a couple of >> weeks >>> back, when it was colder, about the same time Texas and large parts of >> the >>> northern hemisphere were going through a rough spot. I was using the IIIf >>> and siblings because they had diopter adjustment. That was before my >>> surgery. >>> >>> Those little boxes with a piece of cloth running horizontally can still >> do >>> what they were intended to do, let in the right amount of light at the >>> right time. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2021-02-15-0001.jpg.html >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2021-02-15-0005.jpg.html >>> >>> They're from one of my Corona walks. Without realizing it I have been >> doing >>> a PAW for about the last year, based on walks that I force myself to get >>> out on. I am one of those who have remained pretty isolated otherwise. >>> >>> Actually, I noticed that Flickr was probably pestering people when they >>> followed links there, so I thought I'd set up a "LUG" album on the >> gallery >>> to avoid that. >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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