Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>>>>Joseph Codispoti wrote............ For each scene I expose six frames, all at the same exposure on a roll of 24. I note how I exposed and how I am going to develop. In the darkroom I cut the film into four segments. I develop each segment as needed. Thus I realize 4 scenes from a roll of 24 exposures (6 from a roll of 36). It may seem a waste but each six-frame segment is cheaper than a sheet of 4x5 film and less painful to handle. Also, if I ruin one frame I have at least 4 more to use. I do the same with 120 film, only I expose 3 frames per scene.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ===================================== Henri Cartier Bresson used this technique a lot. That guy jumping across a puddle, he fell in 50 times before HCB reckoned he'd got 6 frames of him exactly at the right point. Then he sent the film back to Magnum to be d&p'd and they thought the out-takes were funnier... Jem K