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Subject: [Leica] What film did HCB use?
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 23:30:57 +0930
References: <DED799E6-15A6-4563-A129-090CBF845619@gmail.com> <1278E343-8088-49EE-B075-FF61D7C06594@paulhardycarter.com>

That is likely to be a copy neg.  Note the lack of sprocket holes
along one side of the film.  I don't know if an LTM Leica can shoot
film like that, but I do know that the film of that time was mainly
cut up cine film, which definitely has sprocket holes along both
sides.

Marty


On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:19 PM, PHC <lug at paulhardycarter.com> wrote:
> Maybe someone out there in LUGland can identify this:
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> http://www.ethertongallery.com/html/specialprojects/negative/details/6.htm
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> What surprised me was how much was cropped out of the prints we know and 
> love.
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> On 8 Jun 2011, at 23:11, James Laird wrote:
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>> Just for kicks I want to try to duplicate the 'look', not of course the 
>> artistry, of HCB's photographs. Probably a foolish endeavor but hey I've 
>> got an M4 and a collapsible Summicron so why not? Anybody know what 
>> film/developer combo he used most often? I've heard most of his photos 
>> were actually processed and printed by someone else (at Magnum?)
>>
>> Jim Laird
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