Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris: I agree with you totally about the aspheric lens. My 24mm aspheric has become my most used and loved lens. As for the film issue. You can solve your problem by moving up to Delta 400. When processed in Xtol it acts like Delta 100. I use ISO 320 for Delta 400. When I use Delta 100 I shoot it at ISO 80. If you are interested in the processing times I will be happy to share with you. Bob Bedwell - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christer Almqvist" <christer@almqvist.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 12:26 PM Subject: [Leica] how asph changed my b+w negatives > After I got my Summicron Asph, my b+w negatives have more shadow detail > than they used to have. Has anybody else had similar experience? > > Until recently I have been shooting Delta 100 at e.i. 200 to avoid to long > exposures, and as I did not feel I wanted to open my pre-asph to more than > 5,6 unless I was really forced to. And the winter light in northern Germany > is not all that bright, so I pushed a bit when developing. > > With the asph Summicron I have no problem shooting at 2.8 (provided the > reduced d.o.f. does not pose a problem), so I have started setting the > meter at e.i. 100. I really like the richer negatives. > > Now the problem: I have two non-asph lenses. What do I do? Shoot at 100 > when using the non-asph and lose sharpness due to camera shake, or shoot at > 200 with my asph and lose shadow detail. Or buy two new lenses. How do I > finance this? Any advice greatly appreciated. > > Chris > > -- > Christer Almqvist > D-20255 Hamburg, Germany and/or > F-50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer, France > >