Re: [Leica] Re: Wedding film b/w

["AWSteg" <upstream1@mindspring.com>]

Simplicity!  It does not get any better than that!

Thanks Jim

Al Stegmeyer
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brick" <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; "Leica Users Group"
<leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 7:27 PM
Subject: [Leica] Re: Wedding film b/w


> At 03:00 PM 5/22/00 -0700, Arthur Leyenberger wrote:
> >It's been 25 years (OK, almost 30) since I shot b/w
> >film - when I was photographer for my college
> >yearbook. It was TRI-X back then, bulk loaded, and
> >with minimal technique. I've been away from b/w since
> >then and now am into Leica M. Hopefully my technique
> >has improved too :)
> >
>
> Buy a 100' roll of Tri-X, bulk load it, and use minimal technique. Nothing
> has changed. You already know how to do this.
>
> If you want, you can buy it already spooled in 36exp rolls. But the
> technique is the same.
>
> Don't put too much thought into this. Set the meter to 400. Set exposure,
> focus, push the release.
>
> If it's really dark, set the meter to 800. Tell the lab to push it one
> stop. Everyone on the planet knows how to soup Tri-X.
>
> Your pictures will be great. This is a no-brainer. Leica lenses and Tri-X
> love each other.
>
> If you want to use Delta something, talk to Mark Delta Rabiner. It might
> even be better. Mark is B&W. Not because he lives in Portland, but because
> he uses and studies it constantly. Do whatever Mark tells you.
>
> Jim