Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 12/01/2006, at 20:01, Don Dory wrote: > Luis, > As art, this image is not so great. Crap if I'm able to qualify myself from the aesthetic point of view. > As cultural, social commentary very > informative. Enough light left in the sky to show up, but the streets > substantially vacant. Cold enough to wear a pretty heavy coat, but > casual/assured enough to walk diagonally across the street. yes, it was more than 10 minutes past the usual hour, almost everyone was in a hurry. > The film has a timeles feel to it. Please give more details as to > development, and what the negatives looked like. Film is the rollei retro 400, which needless to say, it's my current favourite for this ISO in 135. I had luck developing it in HC-110/B for 9' 30'' and a bit less than normal agitation, but this one was developed with Rollei High Speed developer 1+12 for 8' 30''. Presoaking it with constant agitation for about one minute will give slightly clear whites, but richer shadow and medium tones, no other noticeable effect. When I made my first tests the medium gray gave 0.70 logD on the densitometer, so you can make an idea about how negatives do look. I wrote my own impressions here [ http:// tinyurl.com/arn8q ] and the image shown there was developed wih HC110. If you want to know something else, please ask me. Thanks Don. Saludos ----------------------------------------- http://imaginarymagnitude.net/blog/