Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lluis, It's super easy to develop your own B&W. Many tutorials on the web and you can email me if you like. On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Lluis Ripoll < lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ken, > > Thank you very much again. Today I've found another professional lab and > they can develop my films with the developer of my choice X-TOL, HC 110, D > 76, D 23 .... they do the work manually and I want try, you will know my > experience. > > Cheers > Lluis > > > El 03/07/2014, a las 03:23, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> escribi?: > > > Lluis, > > > > Good luck, your images deserve the best. > > > > Best, > > > > Ken > > > > On 7/2/2014 7:42 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote: > >> 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 > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > >>>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> > >>>>> =========================================================== > >>>>> Dr Peter Dzwig > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto