Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll bet that is a nice Noctilux you got there.... On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 4:26 PM, David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote: > Whew! Finally got caught up on my LUG reading. Got behind a month ago. > Couldn't seem to get caught up and didn't want to skip anything. > > This whole Noct thread made my head spin a bit, though. It sort of > reminded me of my golf game. I'd been worried so much about so many > different things that I never could score decently. I finally stopped > thinking and just played. Suddenly everything fell into place. It was > fun again. I shot some great scores, too. > > I fall into the same trap photographically. I think (worry) too much > about things that are inconsequential. OK, so maybe focus is important, > but my Noct seems to work OK. I even took some of the better photos I've > taken with it recently. No pics to post, unfortunately. They're chem. > prints. > > Also, for those into bw film photography I'll put in a good word for > Adox CHS. It's a very interesting film. It doesn't look particularly > sharp (OTOH maybe it's the Noct :-) ). But the tonality is really nice. > (And honestly it's plenty sharp, although if you're looking for > lith-like acutance you may be dissappointed). It's marketed as an old > style film with high silver content, and it does give a sort of retro > look. I don't think I've seen all it can do. I'm still playing with > developers. My favorite thing about it is how skies look. I like a > darker sky but I normally prefer to us light green filters rather than > darker red. Don't know how it scans. Haven't tried that yet. > > And speaking of focus issues I did have a scare. My first prints were > really OOF. Then I realized that I hadn't aligned my enlarger. I have to > set it up and take it down now with each printing session. I used my Zig > alignment tool. That certainly made all the difference. So maybe details > are important. One thing I will say is that the Noct is not an easy lens > to use. But that's what makes it fun to use! > > DaveR > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana USA