Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am going to allow myself to get "technical". :-) Walt already mentioned the tenuous link between Capa and the rest of us (we're not close enough). Anyway, to the mundane details of film. I have been playing with other films in the event that the rug gets pulled out from under us (already happened to me once with Agfa APX400 in 120 format). The Efke films have never drawn my attention. They are just too slow for me. So I've been toying with Fomapan, both 400 and 200. They are two different animals. The 400 reminds me of APX400. It's the 200 that I was going to exemplify here (mostly). One thing I like about Fomapan is that you can pull out some contrast even it dull situations. These shot are from a fairly rainy, dreary day in London: http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v0607/06v07-0002.jpg.html http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v0607/06v06-0003.jpg.html http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v0607/06v06-0004.jpg.html http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v0607/06v07-0005.jpg.html The next two were really taken on an overcast day. I'm happy with the snap I can pull out of the negatives: http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v09/06v09-0015.jpg.html http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v08/06v08-0006.jpg.html Yet, if you have a really strong sun it doesn't block up (readily) in the highlights or the shadows. It handles contrast nicely: http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v09/06v09-0008.jpg.html http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v09/06v09-0009.jpg.html And portraits turn out nicely too in windowlight: http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/shoebox/2006v08/06v08-0001.jpg.html All these were taken with on-topic stuff. The last portrait was with the IIIf and 50/2.0 Summitar. Of the two, Fomapan 400 and Fomapan 200, I think I actually prefer the 200. That surprizes me because I am very, very partial to faster films. But I am finding I can live with 200 now as the light returns just fine. So much for film ... Daniel On 3/8/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > Resisting digital as long as possible, I'm trying to find a > film/developer/lens/technique that will give me the look of some of the old > Capa and HCB images. I just received my first two boxes of Rollei 25 (the > varnished wooden boxes are pretty darned elegant for holding 10 rolls of > film) which I hope will give me a bit more density > > http://www.400tx.com/2006-10.html > > This right at the breach of the 17th St. Canal (you can see the white > sandbags in the background). > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >