Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have recently been testing various films with the Adox HR developer. I like that developer because of convenience: the dilutions are very high, like 1:30 or 1:40 depending on the film, and you only prepare what you need that day. This eliminates the problem I have with powder developers like D76, which have to be mixed to produce 1 liter of stock solution which has only limited shelf life, so I end up wasting a lot of developer. With the Adox, I do not have this problem. It is a liquid developer in a small bottle (100 ml) and keeps very well. Last week the film I tested was Fuji Acros, shot in my Leica M2 and 50mm Summilux. I did a photo session with Eri, my favourite subject, who is a big aficionado of her fellow Greek Maria Callas, and she adopted a couple of poses frequently used by Callas. Apparently this one is a classic Callas pose: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-WKRgn9n/A This is just Eri smiling: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ScMR9F7/A The following day we had the last-Friday-of-November drinks, and I used the same camera on our new trainees. They love the pictures. Somehow, people really respond differently when they see these film photos, shot with a camera and lens that were produced well before they were born (my M2 is from 1966 and the Summilux I used from 1961). Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu ????? ???????! ?????? ?????!