Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I get nice results with tmax 100 and D76 1:1. Dan C. At 10:26 PM 01-09-00 EDT, MTomalty@aol.com wrote: >Hi Guys/Gals > >Anyone willing to share any preferences on a really nice Black and White film >and Developer combo. >I've been a commercial/stock shooter for many years and have been shooting >almost exclusively in color.For personal work of late I'm shooting more and >more in B & W but I find something 'lacking',especially since I'm using M6's >and >feel I'm not getting the full potential out of them. >I'm currently using TMax 100/400 and they are being developed by pro lab >here in Montreal-I believe they are using D-76?? > >To add my 2 cents to the discussion on photographer ethics/donations I think >that just by being whereever they happen to be working is donation enough. >To be able to go into,at times, horrific situations and come away with strong >images that can be used to bring attention to the situation borders on >the heroic. It's not as if these people are on a cruise! As to the question of >whether these individuals donate a portion of proceeds to charity I know for >a fact (possibly excluding the extremely small elite crowd such as >Salgado,etc) >that the vast majority of these photogs barely earn enough to survive,let >alone >donate. > >And finally,can someone inform me as to whether I need to transfer over >the 'basket' from an M6 baseplate to the Rapidwinder. > >Thanks everyone >Mark > > >