Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rei- Normal 400 speed black and white works just fine. In the past there have even been great time exposures on Kodachrome 64! You must have neen staying at the Foxhead on clifton hill. I live 15 minutes away in the City of St. Catharines. Let me know if you come back again to the area. By the way the extreme cold has resulted in wonderful freezing on and arounf the falls. Cheers, Kevin Argue - ---------- >From: Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] niagra falls >Date: Wed, Jan 22, 2003, 11:44 AM > > not an idiot. > > Anchell and Troop _Film Developing Cookbook_ page 14, paragraph VII: > > Neopan 1600 is an interesting film. It appears to be an ISO 400 film > with as much gelatin and hardener removed as possible. This allows > the film to be developed for a shorter time with a slight gain in speed. > The true speed of this film is close to EI 650, and the tonal scale > is similar to Tri-X. However, it responds well to pushing. > > * note, that some on this newsgroup such as mark rabiner use it at 1600 with > excellent results. :-) > > -rei > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 10:43:58AM -0500, Ernest Nitka wrote: >> Me Too - two rolls of 1600 at 1600 produced thin and contrasty negs in >> HC110B - it would appear the answer is to shoot it at 1000 and back the >> development time off by about 20% Any thoughts other than ernie's an >> idiot? >> >> ernie >> >> >> At 10:22 AM 1/22/03 -0500, you wrote: >> >Rei- >> > >> >As always - great shots. >> >A question : >> >I have been testing Fuji 1600 neopan. At 1600 my results are very grainy >> >and >> >contrasty. I like your results at EI800. Does this mean you are >> >compensating >> >for overexposure in the development? >> > >> >Eric >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com> >> >To: "Leica Users Group (LUG)" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> >Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:57 AM >> >Subject: [Leica] niagra falls >> > >> > >> >> a mix of leica images and some others i made on a trip the >> >> family took last november to the canadian side of niagra falls. >> >> >> >> http://www.shinozuka-family.com/niagra1 >> >> http://www.shinozuka-family.com/niagra2 >> >> >> >> (i am about one year behind scanning... randomly catching up.) >> >> >> >> -rei >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com >> >> Ridgewood, New Jersey >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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 >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > Ridgewood, New Jersey > > -- > 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