Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi there Sonny, >Just a thought; do you think the camera is correctly identifying the >film as 1600 ISO? I double checked the manual which I still have and it does register 1600 ISO as the highest level... of course, my Yashica T4 can probably have more tolerance for it. The main reason I think that there is high contrast is because the flash never went off during any of the shots... indeed I won't want that during my church classes however! :) >Some of those automatic film speed setting devices >have a cut-off at 400 ISO. Check your instruction book. Will do :) >This may be the reason for the lack of detail in your dark areas. I >copied one of the shots and looked at it in Photoshop, and when you >pull the gamma to a happier level, the grain of the neopan really pops >out. Indeed that's the point of course if you want to I have some pictures of church scenes taken on Ilford Professional Delta 400 and the contrast is lessened quite a bit... >You might be happier with the results using a film like Portra BW or >XP2 or some other 400 ISO Chromagenic film that has immense latitude, >so you can get those candids in low light. I've been really happy >with Portra BW in low light situations. Of course I am considering using the Ilford HP5 because I heard that true black and white is preferred... however the XP2 looks solid... I did read a glowing review of the Portra B and W in PHotographic and a middling review in the SHutterbug... cool beans I guess. >By the way, an interesting essay from a satisfied user of the Leica >Mini 3 can be found at http://www.bhalu.com/naveen/leica/ Cool webpage indeed. Of course, I don't consider the Mini 3 (which got jacked recently) as an amateur tool... it's a serious backup along with my Yashica T4 Weatherproof (for rain and snow)... >Keep shooting! Unfortunately I won't be able to use the Mini 3 anymore... it got jacked while I was at a train station (somehow my Canonet 19QL brings me the worst of luck--I nearly got attacked by a person protesting the war yesterday... and I thought that protestors were peaceful, such hypocrites) at Folcroft... it sucks definitely but I got a replacement Mini which works just as well I believe and certainly delivers the goods in most situations. :)... right now there's always the Yashica T4 :) Thanks for your support and if ya want to, you can look at some of my other Leica pictures done on Ilford :) your fellow shooter, Alfie :) DISCLAIMER - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html