Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ron, You expected lumps? You have obviously been listening to the advice given by Ted to shoot from the dark side; you haven't been bitten by the "don't crop" bug; the penalty box shot is quite good. As to under developing Neopan 1600 I think that you just discovered how much information there is in a "thin" negative. Most of the individuals that don't like 1600 are shooting it at 1000 to 1200 and developing the negs to something more appropriate to a platinum large format negative. Keep up the PAW. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ron Price Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 1:22 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] My First Leica PAW! (Ron de-lurks) Hello, all! My name's Ron. I'm an amateur (photographer, that is) in Columbus, OH, USA. I've been lurking here for a couple of years now... I think I had one post when I first started looking at Leicas (and I bought my 35mm Summicron from Phong here), but I've been silent since. I've been trying to re-dedicate myself to getting out and shooting, so I've started a PAW project. This week is the first time since I started where I was shooting with my M6. To make my LUG debut all the more nerve-wracking, I had very little (less than usual, even) to choose from this week. I did, however, learn two things: 1) I am not yet capable of estimating development times for films shot at ASAs for which I do not have a chart; and 2) Even if you underdevelop your film by quite a bit, you can still salvage an image if you point your camera directly at the sun: http://curiousrobot.com/PAWPics/week16.html Not much, I know, but the point of this is to make myself do it, post it, and take my lumps, right? The PAW index (three weeks old!) can be found here: http://curiousrobot.com/paw2004.html And some other stuff of mine is here: http://curiousrobot.com/gallery1.html Thanks to all who look, comment, or criticize! I hope to hear from some of you... Seeya, Ron _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information