Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, I understand your film frustrations, but you took your film to Walgreens??? Ouch. It's like taking your 5 Series to Kia to get the oil changed. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" Subject: [Leica] M7, M8, Film, Digital, same lenses > LUG: > > One of the totally unintended consequences of buying the M8 is that I > have returned to using film. I always carry at least two cameras and > since I've bought the M8, my second camera of choice is the M7. I > can carry the same lenses and not worry about two systems. I had, > however, forgotten about my frustrations with film. I planned on > taking mostly photos of family at Thanksgiving inside houses, so I > carried lots of 400 ISO TMax and 800 ISO Fuji film. I didn't plan on > coming back through the mountains of NC and photographing waterfalls > in the brilliant sunshine of a warm November day. The 800 speed was > much too high for most of what I was shooting. I was standing under > the Dry Fall waterfall when I ran out of film and had to open the > camera and reload, trying to shield the camera from the water. When > I got it reloaded, it refused to take photos. I had to replace the > batteries. When I got home, I took the film by Walgreens. They > developed the color negatives within an hour but the B&W will take > two weeks. I would have brought it home and put it in my Jobo but > the chemicals have expired and I would have to order more small > quantities that would probably expire before I take more film > photos. I picked up the color prints and film from Walgreens and > mounted the color negatives in slide mounts to scan in my Nikon > LS5000. I intended to compare photos taken with the M7 and film > using the 35/2.0 Asph lens and the exact same photos taken with the > M8 using the 28/2.8 Asph lens. I had lots of examples - people, > waterfalls, statues - in many different lighting situations. I > cannot get a single acceptable scan of the color negative film. The > waterfalls are a brilliant purple or blue. If I use the white > balance on the waterfall, the rest of the photo is dark and > murky. I'm still working on it but don't have high hopes that I'll > be able to compare anything. The digital photos are already with my > stock agency. I want another M8. > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information