Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I'm firm believer in filtration. I was infected very early on about the need > to approximate the tonal values in scene onto a piece of paper through the > work of Ansel Adams. > Living in Southern CA, with its blistering glare, forces one to use filters. > Once in a moment of hubris, I photographed a series of nuclear domes > without filtration. I had just about complete tonal merger of the domes with > the sky. Thinking I'd come back and re-shoot a few weeks later, was abruptly > put to a stop by 9/11. This was in BW. Had I shot it in color, it wouldn't > been a problem. > I did shoot the forestry air service on the ground in Hemet, CA once with > Tech Pan. I also shot it with T-max 100. All done with filtration of > different combinations. I preferred the T-max, needless to say. > S. Dimitrov > >Since i,m contemplating to give techpan a try would you elaborate why you prefer T-max? thanks simon