Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Richard! I know, I?ve do it for years, but now I prefer pay an external service if they are able to do it well. Cheers Lluis El 03/07/2014, a las 23:35, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> escribi?: > Lluis, It's super easy to develop your own B&W. Many tutorials on the web > and you can email me if you like. > > > On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Lluis Ripoll < > lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Ken, >> >> Thank you very much again. Today I've found another professional lab and >> they can develop my films with the developer of my choice X-TOL, HC 110, D >> 76, D 23 .... they do the work manually and I want try, you will know my >> experience. >> >> Cheers >> Lluis >> >> >> El 03/07/2014, a las 03:23, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> escribi?: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information