Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I lost highlights with XP2 shot at 320. Many of the chess tournament images were shot with XP2 at E.I. 320, and I regret having done so. The skin tones were perfect, but the white chess pieces were blown out. See: http://www.jeffery-nola.com/PAW_2.html JLS At 04:37 PM 9/8/2002 +0200, Steve Unsworth wrote: >I've recently tried using some XP2 - I'm going to Greece in a couple of >weeks and was thinking of cutting down the development time by taking >XP2 and having a local French 1 hour lab process the film without >printing when I returned. So I exposed the film at 200 ASA and sent them >in for processing. Result, loss of details in the highlights. Bad >metering on my part? Anyway you should be able to see the results in a >future PAW. > >Steve > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jeffery >Smith >Sent: 08 September 2002 03:31 >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Paw 35 - Yeah baby. > > >Whenever possible, I avoid UNDERexposure of those C41 B&W films. They >are >terribly grainy underexposed. Try some at E.I. 320 if you want some nice >grays. > >Jeffery > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html