Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, I see. That's a given. Criticism is as inevitable as breathing, TS Eliot once wrote. Of course I have opinions, a sense of this and that, and if I have anything I have a sensibility. I know what I like. i'm willing to like more, but the bar is high. So yes, But merde? Chickens? Trieste? Only in August my man. And then only if someone else is paying. Vince On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: > > On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:49 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: > > > See (Steve) that's the kind of answer I'm talking about. THAT's what I'm > > talking about. I didn't know any of that shit before. Now I do. > > yes, when Henning answers, people (all of us) listen carefully... > but for any opinion to be evaluated, valued, acted upon... > the number one important thing is to have your own experience, opinion, and > value system... > how else do you decide which of the many varied inputs and opinions is the > one to value ? > > > Steve > > > > > > Vince > > > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Henning Wulff <henningw at > > archiphoto.com > >wrote: > > > >> At 11:32 PM -0400 3/29/10, Vince Passaro wrote: > >> > >>> Nah you misunderstood: "that's why I'm asking people's opinion's...." > >>> about > >>> which one they think is best. The Kodak or the Ilford. Kodak seems to > be > >>> winning which was my experience. The Ilford was too low contrast in my > >>> experience. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> If you won't develop Tri-X then I take it you don't do enlarging. In > that > >> case low contrast is your friend, as scanners are much more forgiving of > low > >> contrast than medium or high contrast. > >> > >> I've used various C41 films; Kodak (various flavours), Ilford XP and XP2 > >> and Agfa's. All work fine for scanning. For printing I like the Ilford > XP2 > >> best if I do it myself. Photofinishers generally like the Kodak films > >> better. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> * Henning J. Wulff > >> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > >> /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com > >> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >