Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/15

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Subject: [Leica] I shot a roll of film!
From: faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)
Date: Wed Feb 15 09:43:34 2006
References: <13c0c4513bd577.13bd57713c0c45@planet.nl> <p06230904c018fc4a1643@131.142.12.152>

If you have the time and patience, good film / scanner combination still
kicks major butt.
In the last few years we all seem to have contracted "digital attention
deficit disorder"
May I propose a the acronym DADDy?

:)
Eric

ps. Still love that C-41 TCN film (or BWpro.. whateve..r)



On 2/15/06, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Nathan - Contrasty or not they're still nice photos.  Next time you
> might try letting the  file processor scan the negatives for you and
> avoid the work.  I get back a CD with my negatives (and no prints)
> for about $10.00 US per roll.  These commercial scans have been fine
> for web posting and prints to about 8x10in. Almost everything I've
> posted has been scanned this way.  I've only had to rescan a couple
> of frames for one reason or another.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick
> Boston MA
>
>
> >When I went to London last week, I took my CL and Tri-X, partly for old
> >times' sake and partly because I wanted to travel really light (and I
> >knew there would not be much time for photography). I did spend a
> >pleasant afternoon in the company of Peter Dzwig in and around
> >Guildford, and we did take some pictures. I must admit that it felt kind
> >of nice to pick up the film from the lab on Sunday (for the first time
> >in a year), but that nice feeling disappeared in about 30 seconds once I
> >started scanning the film ;-) In any event, the results can be seen here:
> >http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=12
> >I took Tri-X in anticipation of typical English weather, but of course
> >the sun was shining brightly all day, so the negatives ended up more
> >contrasty than I would have liked.
> >
> >Once again, thanks to Peter for taking the time to show me around his
> >beautiful part of England.
> >
> >Nathan
> >
> >Nathan Wajsman
> >Almere, Netherlands
> >http://www.nathanfoto.com
> >http://www.fotosevilla.com
> >http://www.fotocycle.nl
> >Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
> >Print sales: http://www.photodeluge.com
> >Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman
> >
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