[Leica] M7, M8, Film, Digital, same lenses

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

That's interesting because I notice that the in-store mini-lab at our
local Longs does a good business. When I shoot TCN they are able to
process the film for me, sleeve it, NOT cut it, and I pay them $2 /
roll which seems decent to me.

In Sacramento there's still a good B&W lab and at least one color lab
that seem worthwhile.

So I feel fortunate.

Adam

On 11/27/06, Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tina,
> I'm sorry that your film got screwed.  I suspect that their chemistry was
> way out of control.  They aren't doing much film either and the clerks 
> don't
> typically understand an action line on the control chart, just that the
> manager was yelling at them to get the machine up as a customer wanted a 
> one
> hour.
>
> If you shoot film, try E-6 down here in Atlanta.  They are a very clean dip
> and dunk lab for color and hand process B&W although in FG7
>
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
>
> On 11/27/06, Tina Manley <images@infoave.net> wrote:
> >
> > LUG:
> >
> > One of the totally unintended consequences of buying the M8 is that I
> > have returned to using film.  I always carry at least two cameras and
> > since I've bought the M8, my second camera of choice is the M7.  I
> > can carry the same lenses and not worry about two systems.  I had,
> > however, forgotten about my frustrations with film.  I planned on
> > taking mostly photos of family at Thanksgiving inside houses, so I
> > carried lots of 400 ISO TMax and 800 ISO Fuji film.  I didn't plan on
> > coming back through the mountains of NC and photographing waterfalls
> > in the brilliant sunshine of a warm November day.  The 800 speed was
> > much too high for most of what I was shooting.  I was standing under
> > the Dry Fall waterfall when I ran out of film and had to open the
> > camera and reload, trying to shield the camera from the water.  When
> > I got it reloaded, it refused to take photos.  I had to replace the
> > batteries. When I got home, I took the film by Walgreens.  They
> > developed the color negatives within an hour but the B&W will take
> > two weeks.  I would have brought it home and put it in my Jobo but
> > the chemicals have expired and I would have to order more small
> > quantities that would probably expire before I take more film
> > photos.  I picked up the color prints and film from Walgreens and
> > mounted the color negatives in slide mounts to scan in my Nikon
> > LS5000.  I intended to compare photos taken with the M7 and film
> > using the 35/2.0 Asph lens and the exact same photos taken with the
> > M8 using the 28/2.8 Asph lens.  I had lots of examples - people,
> > waterfalls, statues - in many different lighting situations.  I
> > cannot get a single acceptable scan of the color negative film.  The
> > waterfalls are a brilliant purple or blue.  If I use the white
> > balance on the waterfall, the rest of the photo is dark and
> > murky.  I'm still working on it but don't have high hopes that I'll
> > be able to compare anything. The digital photos are already with my
> > stock agency.  I want another M8.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA
> > http://www.tinamanley.com
> >
> >
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