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Subject: [OM] Re: Fast B&W film?
From: Andrew L Wendelborn <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:45:37 +0930

Late reply -- behind on reading the list again :(

At 3:16 AM +0200 2005.07.13, Manuel Viet wrote:
>
>Not really a catch-all, but since you asked, I love the Tmax 3200 set between
>800 & 1600 (depending on lighting conditions). Then Rodinal 1+50. Golf
>balls-sized grain ? Yes, but who cares ! It's so gorgeous.

I have to agree.

This is the combination I used earlier this year for an outdoor music festival.
I'd tried Fuji Press the previous year and not impressed. So this year
decided to travel light and B&W. No OMs -- just a mju-2 and Leica CL + 40/2 +
90/4.

IMO the film/dev combination worked well to capture the atmosphere of the event.
Not everyone's cup of tea but I was pleased with the results.

Here are a couple of examples from the event:

http://www.cs.adelaide.edu.au/users/andrew/photos/tmz/lanterns.jpg

This one is scanned from a print -- I tried split-grade to increase the
contrast of the lights with the night sky, and bring out some detail in
the group. Olympus mju-2. TMZ3200 @ 3200 + Rodinal 1:50.



http://www.cs.adelaide.edu.au/users/andrew/photos/tmz/womd.jpg
http://www.cs.adelaide.edu.au/users/andrew/photos/tmz/lojo.jpg

Taken with the Leica, and scanned from incomplete negatives (I had a
"processing error" -- very embarrassing). But for me anyway they capture
the mood. TMZ3200 @ 1600  + Rodinal 1:50.



http://www.cs.adelaide.edu.au/users/andrew/photos/tmz/frig.jpg
http://www.cs.adelaide.edu.au/users/andrew/photos/tmz/cafe.jpg

A couple more with the Leica. Grain indeed!



regards
  Andrew






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