Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I started shooting Kodachrome in 1959 with a Graphic 35 (the one with pushbutton focusing) on a teenager?s budget. $0.16/slide (or $0.19 with the 20-exp rolls). How well I remember having waaaaay more subjects than frames! Vive le photographie num?rique! But especially with B&W, film has that je ne sais quoi... ?howard > On Dec 3, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > >>>> The hard part was deciding what NOT to shoot.<<<<< Howard. > Hi Howard, > I can't imagine being assigned to shoot this and arrive with a couple of > rolls of colour and 20 rolls of B&W? Today of course with digital, it > wouldn't matter. As you could just shoot everything that turned on your > imagination without a worried moment about running out of film? :-) > Oh I re-call times when I came to the end of a 36 exposure roll, take it > out and into the exposed roll pouch of the Photo vest. Then reach into the > unexposed pouch to find I only had one roll left! :-( Such a sickening > feeling as you felt there were still hundreds of images to shoot! > OH! I do love digital, if for nothing else but the cards seem to be > endless in number of frames! And if you fill one, take it out, reach in > pocket and you have this little card, pop it in camera and yer good to go > for another thousand frames! :-) > You smile and start clicking away without a thought. But looking for more > beautiful images. YAHOO!!!!!!! > cheers, > Dr. Ted :-) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Howard L Ritter Jr > Sent: December-03-16 9:30 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Chinese Lantern Festival > > LUGgers figuring Dr Ted has lost his mind? > Not on my watch! ? > But I just might try converting a few to B&W... > > But you?re right about the complexity and colo(u)rs. The hard part was > deciding what NOT to shoot. > > ?howard > > >> On Dec 3, 2016, at 12:24 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: >> >> Hi Howard, >> Well now that's just a beautiful event to "SHOOT IN COLOUR" I'm sure one >> could click away there for hours and not shoot the same image twice. >> If I were to say anything about shooting in B&W the CREW would surely >> figure I'd completely lost my mind! Rather than knowing I've only lost >> half of it?:-) >> cheers, >> Dr. ted :-) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information