[Leica] Speaking of Tele's!

[Sonnar502@aol.com]

Hi all,

Perhaps someone can point me in the tight direction?  Last month I went up to 
the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships on Lake Natoma, outside of Sacramento, 
M3 and Tele-Elmarit in hand (with the 50 Summicron on standby).  Sort of 
grab-that-shot reportage stuff, you know?

What struck me like a diamond tooth saw was the sharpness of the negs i shot 
on some Macophot Ortho 25.  Anyone ever used that stuff?  I tell ya!!  
They're so sharp (except for the odd caught in motion one) I was shocked.  
The TROUBLE is that they're so contrasty I can barely print them.  Went down 
to the Darkroom last night to give a try on a couple of notable ones and was 
'bout instantly using a #00 filter and still ......  I'd shot one roll of 
this stuff before and had even worse trouble (don't think I even bothered 
trying to print any), so I deliberately tried cutting the time by like 20%.   
The only time I've found said I believe 5.5min at the usual 20C in Rodinal 
1:10.  The dilution seemed a bit strong to me....

Anyhow, as I love the look (sorry, no scanner or site, so....) I'd like to 
get a handle on it.  I've got one more roll shot in a similar fashion that I 
guess I will try using less time/ more dilution, but anyone have any ideas?  
I mean, the Tele and the Ortho were able to pick up easily the wiskers on 
some of the rowers at around 30-40 feet.  Wow.

Thanks !
Scott