Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lluis, Good luck, your images deserve the best. Best, Ken On 7/2/2014 7:42 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote: > Ken, > > Thank you very much for very kind comment. > > It was a while I was not shooting film, I was very happy with the > developing quality of this Lab, they was using X-Tol, I didn?t know that > they have changed? and now I think they have ruined these negatives?, I > will take a look to another very reputed Lab and if I?m not sure I will > follow your advice. > > Thank you very much again! > > Cheers! > Lluis > > > > El 03/07/2014, a las 02:27, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> escribi?: > >> Lluis, >> >> Just me, but if I had a talent like yours I would never let anyone >> develop my film. Every time I have had a lab develop silver film it has >> been a mistake (OK, I don't have HCB's assistants handy). C41 and E6, >> yes, b&w, no. I had problems with water quality also. But, we were lucky >> to have a plant here bottling "mineral" water (Ozarka brand). They >> brought water up from their well, distilled it, and then added always the >> same amount of minerals. I used that for developing, filtered tap water >> for the rest and distilled with Photo Flo for final. >> >> Best, >> >> Ken >> >> On 7/2/2014 6:52 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote: >>> Peter, >>> >>> I?ve just said to Jayanand that today I?ve asked my Lab if they did some >>> changes in the developing, and yes! this explain why I was unhappy with >>> the quality of my last negatives. >>> >>> Thanks for your comment >>> >>> Cheers >>> Lluis >>> >>> >>> El 01/07/2014, a las 11:09, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> >>> escribi?: >>> >>>> Lluis, >>>> >>>> The point that I was making in the post that I put up a few minutes ago >>>> is that >>>> I would have expected the film to give better results than digital in >>>> your >>>> hands. Your film shots generally have greater depth than these ones. I >>>> think >>>> that it must be the Plustek as the M3 and Summicron on TX should >>>> produce what >>>> most of us would regard as "your style". >>>> >>>> Saludos, >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> On 24/06/2014 15:04, Lluis Ripoll wrote: >>>>> Thank you Jayanand, I find very interesting your comment. Do you mean >>>>> that my film shots are too smooth?. This is an interesting >>>>> observation, I generally like better the B&W from film just for that >>>>> reason, more large and smooth tonalities, I also see a difference, >>>>> even a big difference between my scans from my old shots developed by >>>>> my self and the actual ones, more ?neutral? and smooth and not >>>>> developed by me. The fact is that I don?t want develop any more >>>>> myself, the water quality has changed a lot and there are many spots >>>>> on my home developed films, distilled water can be the right way maybe. >>>>> >>>>> I will appreciate your further comments on this, I?m interested to >>>>> hear your opinion, thank you again >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Lluis >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> El 24/06/2014, a las 04:47, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at >>>>> gmail.com> escribi?: >>>>> >>>>>> Rita Rouge, without a doubt, out of these three. I prefer your digital >>>>>> offerings, at least for online viewing, they tend to have much better >>>>>> tonal depth. >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Jayanand >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Lluis Ripoll >>>>>> <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Concert >>>>>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/lluisripoll/14489019812/> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Leica M3, Elmarit 21, Tri X 400, plustek >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Rita Rouge >>>>>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/lluisripoll/14510359703/> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Leica M3, Summicron Collapsible, Tri X 400, Plustek >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Happy >>>>>>> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/lluisripoll/14303792737/> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Leica M3, Summicron Collapsible, Tri X 400, Plustek >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are always appreciated >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Saludos cordiales >>>>>>> Lluis >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> =========================================================== >>>> Dr Peter Dzwig >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information