Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the clarification. On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Michael Sacca <mfsacca at sover.net> wrote: > Sonny, > I had a practically continuous roll primarily in my M4, but also other > cameras since the late '70's. I probably shot 40-60 rolls a year right up > until December, mostly 64 but a fair amount of 25 until it was discontinued > and also some 200 for longer lens work. Since the early 90's I used PKR > almost exclusively and found it to be stable without strong casts. I > remember in the lean years buying foreign stuff that always seemed to be > really green. Then the Qualex period made me nearly give it up. In fact I > did stop shooting it for about 6 months or more. I wrote and called them to > complain about all kinds of problems and they seemed not to care about > quality control. > > I'm really beginning to appreciate working with RAW files. I mean hell, > it's like having a nearly ultimate positive or negative to work from. What > is different, very different now is the loss of a reference when I'm > composing or pre-visualizing a potential exposure. Now since a file can be > so malleable, well it can look like anything in the end. To some extant, > the > interpretation comes sitting in front of a screen rather than in the field > with the camera in my hands. > > I'm moving on, of course, but it was a great ride. > > Michael > > > On Feb 10, 2011, at 10:35 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: > > Yeah, I understand that; were you using it regularly for the past few >> years, or did you just buy some for the fireworks show at the end of last >> year? >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA