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Subject: [Leica] More on film
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 02:42:45 +0200
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Ken,

Thank you very much for very kind comment.

It was a while I was not shooting film, I was very happy with the developing 
quality of this Lab, they was using X-Tol, I didn?t know that they have 
changed? and now I think they have ruined these negatives?, I will take a 
look to another very reputed Lab and if I?m not sure I will follow your 
advice.

Thank you very much again!

Cheers!
Lluis



El 03/07/2014, a las 02:27, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> escribi?:

> Lluis,
> 
> Just me, but if I had a talent like yours I would never let anyone develop 
> my film.  Every time I have had a lab develop silver film it has been a 
> mistake (OK, I don't have HCB's assistants handy).  C41 and E6, yes, b&w, 
> no.  I had problems with water quality also. But, we were lucky to have a 
> plant here bottling "mineral" water (Ozarka brand).  They brought water up 
> from their well, distilled it, and then added always the same amount of 
> minerals.  I used that for developing, filtered tap water for the rest and 
> distilled with Photo Flo for final.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Ken
> 
> On 7/2/2014 6:52 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>> Peter,
>> 
>> I?ve just said to Jayanand that today I?ve asked my Lab if they did some 
>> changes in the developing, and yes! this explain why I was unhappy with 
>> the quality of my last negatives.
>> 
>> Thanks for your comment
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Lluis
>> 
>> 
>> El 01/07/2014, a las 11:09, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> 
>> escribi?:
>> 
>>> Lluis,
>>> 
>>> The point that I was making in the post that I put up a few minutes ago 
>>> is that
>>> I would have expected the film to give better results than digital in 
>>> your
>>> hands. Your film shots generally have greater depth than these ones. I 
>>> think
>>> that it must be the Plustek as the M3 and Summicron on TX should produce 
>>> what
>>> most of us would regard as "your style".
>>> 
>>> Saludos,
>>> 
>>> Peter
>>> 
>>> On 24/06/2014 15:04, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>>>> Thank you Jayanand, I find very interesting your comment. Do you mean 
>>>> that my film shots are too smooth?.  This is an interesting 
>>>> observation, I generally like better the B&W from film just for that 
>>>> reason, more large and smooth tonalities, I also see a difference, even 
>>>> a big difference between my scans from my old shots developed by my 
>>>> self and the actual ones, more ?neutral? and smooth and not developed 
>>>> by me. The fact is that I don?t want develop any more myself, the water 
>>>> quality has changed a lot and there are many spots on my home developed 
>>>> films, distilled water can be the right way maybe.
>>>> 
>>>> I will appreciate your further comments on this, I?m interested to hear 
>>>> your opinion, thank you again
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Lluis
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> El 24/06/2014, a las 04:47, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
>>>> escribi?:
>>>> 
>>>>> Rita Rouge, without a doubt, out of these three. I prefer your digital
>>>>> offerings, at least for online viewing, they tend to have much better
>>>>> tonal depth.
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Jayanand
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Lluis Ripoll
>>>>> <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Concert
>>>>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/lluisripoll/14489019812/>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Leica M3, Elmarit 21, Tri X 400, plustek
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Rita Rouge
>>>>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/lluisripoll/14510359703/>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Leica M3, Summicron Collapsible, Tri X 400, Plustek
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Happy
>>>>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/lluisripoll/14303792737/>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Leica M3, Summicron Collapsible, Tri X 400, Plustek
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are always appreciated
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Saludos cordiales
>>>>>> Lluis
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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