Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would like add another concept, imagine you shot a great image you want it was preserved by collectors for years ?., IMHO only film give you this 100% guarantee. Lluis > El 31 jul 2016, a les 19:20, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> va > escriure: > > >> On Jul 31, 2016, at 10:01 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >> wrote: >> >> I am not Lluis, Steve, and I am no expert but I have recently gone back >> to film for, say, 10-15% of my shooting. Why? Because it has some ?je ne >> sais quoi? to it?tonality, magic, whatever. > > Agree Nathan, but maybe the experience is entirely, "in the brain". > I suspect if we put up 50 digital images; and 50 film images and tested > our ability to tell the difference, we would be right, probably as much as > 50 percent of the time. > > > Steve > > >> And there is a distinct pleasure in shooting my Leica M2 with period >> lenses like the 50mm Summilux from the 1960s or the 90mm Tele-Elmarit >> that still deliver such superb images. It may not be wholly rational, but >> nobody is paying me to take pictures?I have a good day job which provides >> me with a decent living?so I can take pictures in whatever way pleases >> me. >> >> I am going to spend a day with Lluis in his summer home, Sitges, about 30 >> km south of Barcelona. The plan is to walk around with him, and hopefully >> use his invisibilty cloak and his charm to get some decent shots of my >> own. I plan to shoot mainly film?I will take a digital camera with me to >> supplement the M2, but most likely it will be just the Ricoh GR or >> perhaps the Fuji X-T1 with just one lens, the tiny but superb 27mm. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 31 Jul 2016, at 18:07, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Lluis, a question to run by you, now an expert, if this same image has >>> been shot digitally, would you have had more power to fix it, the way >>> you would like? >>> >>> many thanks, >>> >>> amities, >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 31, 2016, at 8:56 AM, lluisripollphotography >>>> <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Thank you Nathan, I forget it, as you say I have other images to work >>>> >>>> Un abrazo >>>> Lluis >>>> >>>> >>>>> El 30 jul 2016, a les 7:15, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >>>>> va escriure: >>>>> >>>>> Lluis, I am sure you can do something using Photoshop heroics and >>>>> other voodoo but given how many great images you have in your files, >>>>> it just does not seem worth the effort. >>>>> >>>>> Un abrazo, >>>>> Nathan >>>>> >>>>> Nathan Wajsman >>>>> Alicante, Spain >>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >>>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>>>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: >>>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>>>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >>>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator >>>>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >>>>> YNWA >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 30 Jul 2016, at 02:30, lluisripollphotography >>>>>> <lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Please take a look to this picture from 1992 (please view large), I >>>>>> like very much the expression and the moment but the picture is bad, >>>>>> beside the negative is dirty and I would have to clean, the picture >>>>>> is undefined, out of focus, I think I can?t anything to improve it? >>>>>> any idea? >>>>>> >>>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Vintage/Vilanova_Vintage/199202007LR5.jpg.html> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c will be appreciated >>>>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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