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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 24/4/2021: testing a new film
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:06:42 -0500
References: <270474B9-CA01-481F-9A92-2F3B7D7D6AF0@frozenlight.eu>

I believe that you outsource your film developing.  Between the development
and your scan you have a marvelous tonal scale.   In the past slow films
very easily developed a very steep tone curve which you have avoided.

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 3:00 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Although most of my photography these days is digital, I do shoot the
> occasional roll of film, partly inspired by my friend Lluis in Barcelona.
> There is something almost sensual about shooting with a Leica M2 which is
> roughly my age, using a Leica lens (50mm Summilux in this case) of a
> similar vintage.
>
> Recently, I bought a couple of rolls of a film I have never used before,
> the Adox HR-50. It is a slow film but between living in a sunny place and
> having fast lenses available, it is perfectly usable here in Alicante. I
> did not shoot these images today, but I scanned the film this morning, so I
> claim them as my daily pictures for today.
>
> Eri, my favourite victim these days:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-HrCvpsX/A
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> A couple on Alicante?s waterfront:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QHM5QkR/A
>
> I  really like this film and will be buying more of it, for sure.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
>
> Alicante, Spain
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