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Subject: [Leica] PESO 02 18 18
From: bjq1 at mac.com (Bernard Quinn)
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:33:06 -0500
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Mine, too!

Barney

Barney Quinn, WK3Z
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> On Feb 19, 2018, at 8:05 AM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> Kodak Plus X ISO 125 was one of my favorite films! Unfortunately gone?
> 
> Lluis
> 
> 
>> El 19 febr 2018, a les 3:13, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va 
>> escriure:
>> 
>> Beautiful skin tones.  Reminds me of Plus-X (ASA 50) of the 1950s, only 
>> better.
>> 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> 
>>> On 2/18/2018 7:15 PM, Jim Shulman wrote:
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/firecrackers+sm.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> M3, Summilux 50, Ferrania P30
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks to Kickstarter I helped underwrite the Ferrania film company?s
>>> resurrection*, which is running over budget and well beyond the original
>>> timetable.  The underwriting gift was going to be their first production 
>>> of
>>> E-6, but in the interim Ferrania decided to make some black and white
>>> negative film, which they offered to their backers at $5/roll for up to
>>> five rolls.  I bought five, and I am blown away by it (I like it more 
>>> than
>>> Acros).  The problem is that it?s slower than molasses (ISO 50 at box
>>> speed, though I learned that some people are getting desired results at 
>>> ISO
>>> 20).  About six good pictures from the first roll were lost because of 
>>> fast
>>> action cursed by tiny DOF in cloudy streets.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jim Shulman
>>> 
>>> Wynnewood, PA
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> *For those of us with long memories, the old 3M Color Slide film was made
>>> by Ferrania.  It was decidedly inferior to Kodak and Agfa.  However, with
>>> Fuji being about the only company making E-6 today (the promised return 
>>> of
>>> Ektachrome has yet to materialize) an alternative would be most welcome.
>>> Ferrania has promised to make their E-6 in 35mm, 120 and 16mm movie.
>>> 
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In reply to: Message from jshulman at judgecrater.com (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] PESO 02 18 18)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] PESO 02 18 18)
Message from lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll) ([Leica] PESO 02 18 18)