Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]><Snip> I'm going to try it with a blue filter (on black & white) to simulate > orhtochromatic film-I'll be ready for Hollywood in the '30's! I'd be curious > to hear what other people think of this lens. > > Richard Wasserman Richard mine was super soft but I have some prints I took of facades on Michigan Avenue in my box of prints i tend to show people. (8x10 fiber) But from experimenting with a slightly cool filter I could not get ANY contrast out of my film. I believe it was plus x. I'll never use a cool filter on my lens again for black and white. You can develop your film all day but the only way you're going to get a black is to use the maximum contrast you've got in your paper. #5 or the equivilant. Let us know how that stuff works out. A nice lens for soft portraits I think. But I bought mine for $90 and sold it for the same. Not much a fan of the soft stuff anymore! Mark