Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]talk to us. how does the cooltone stack up to selenium toned/dektol developed/ilford MG? Rob Mueller Studies in Black and White www.studiesinblackandwhite.com rob@studiesinblackandwhite.com - -----Original Message----- From: Mike Johnston [mailto:michaeljohnston@ameritech.net] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 6:12 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] CooltoneRC test--? >>> As coincidence would have it, last week I air-mailed you a packet of ten prints made on the new Ilford CooltoneRC and they are about to land on your doormat. Don't turn them over to see any lens identification, etc pencilled on the reverse... and tell me which lenses were used for each image. Get 'em nearly right (I don't know *precisely* which lenses were used) and I'll do a nice fibre or two of any you like for your collection. And count me to identify yours if you at least want to be sure of not losing your challenge ;-0 <<< Ed, Tempting as it is to play the omniscient savant, I must confess (you have obviously forgotten!) that you scribbled the identity of the camera and lens on the back of each print, along with the printing data. <s> I don't think I could do it blind anyway. It takes me a while to lock on to the identifiers of lenses, so it's only possible, really, to guess lenses that I am already familiar with. Besides, there is not enough _bokeh_ in your pictures...that's the "fingerprint" of the lens most often, at least in prints. If the test were limited to lenses I know, I think I could do pretty well...but I think it'd be a fool's errand to pretend to be able to guess what lens made any particular picture, if the picture could have been taken with anything. And even some lenses that I try, I never really get a handle on. Either I lose interest too early or I just never sort out how it's behaving. Obviously, I don't think anybody will pass my "Gauntlet" test. I have three volunteers already, though! I need six more. C'mon, y'all, step up to the plate! - --Mike