Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/05

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Subject: [Leica] Recommendations re: Kodak 3200 ASA
From: wooderson at gmail.com (Matt Powell)
Date: Sun Feb 5 18:11:45 2006
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On 2/5/06, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote:
> It's the former camp that says, ASA3200 film is more like 1000-1200 film
> and you are pushing when you develop which exaggerates grains and lose
> tonal range etc. The latter camp says screws that, I need ASA3200 for the
> scenes and that be the end of it. Of course you will still need to develop
> to get whatever tones you most interested in.

Hey now, I couldn't pick a densitometer out of a lineup. I don't think
that looking at the true speed of a marketed-as-3200 speed film (and
thus, in part, the best way to use them) automatically means you've
got to treat the collected works of Ansel Adams like a Bible.
If you need 3200, you need 3200, that doesn't preclude you from using
the manufacturer's recommended speed when possible.

--
MP
wooderson@gmail.com


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