Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk> To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Friday, October 02, 1998 6:42 AM Subject: [Leica] A few thoughts... > >>Dan wrote: >>Twenty years ago ... >>I noticed that the infrared showed subcutaneous veins on many of the >people! > > Dan, twenty years ago at college I bought the cheapest bulk film I >could find, some of it was 5 ASA line film, this wasn't panchromatic and the >effect on portraits (what a choice of film for that!) was that every spot, >blemish, and pore stood out like the dirtiest blackheads imaginable!! >Naturally the portraits (which were of fellow male students) were the >subject of much ridicule amongst the class! > Reminds me that 40 years ago in photo school we used litho film with an orange filter for some protraits, the filter removed the spots (also freckles, neat huh)...other than the desire to remove blemishes I really don't remember why we did it ??? tom