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How about more and more fun with Leica M? (Film)

helenhill

Senior Member
What always amazes me with B&W film is how you can hold detail in highlights that look so white as to be (almost) blown and in shadows that are virtually black. I don't see that with digital.

Woody
That's what the shoulder and toe of B&W film is all about...
I couldn't AGREE more with ya Woody

Don, I am better understanding the Toe/Shoulder Ideal which Jack Flesher has
recently explained to Me
:) Best-h
 
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nei1

Guest
My oldest











Its those blown highlights that just finnish digital as a serious medium for me.Ive put in a few posts to see if anyone has an opinion on a black and white sensor such as was available from kodak and is still available as a mf back,would this overcome the problem?
 
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emmawest72

New member
He was just back from school and was immediately forced out in the garden so I could try the new kodak Ektar 100 film...

M4-2 and 35mm, scanned with epson v700/ silverfast.

 

helenhill

Senior Member
Beautiful color shot neil
Bill- Lovely
William - Quite the handsome Lad


strange what happened to this negative...but I like it
 

woodyspedden

New member
He was just back from school and was immediately forced out in the garden so I could try the new kodak Ektar 100 film...

M4-2 and 35mm, scanned with epson v700/ silverfast.

Great skin tones. Did you have to do a lot of post processing to get the colors right or was this basically "out of the camera."

Woody
 

docmoore

Subscriber and Workshop Member
A couple from the Texas countryside.

Leica MP with VC 40 1.4 MC

#1 Ruined Farmhouse
 
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emmawest72

New member
Hi Woody,

These are almost straigt out of camera/scanner. I used silverfast to scan the neg and then only did a resize/ small curve adjustment plus slight sharpen for web. I'm quite surprised because I have read that the new ektar is not too good for people shots. Anyway I like it.

Cheers,
 

leif e

New member
Hello all!
I´m absolutely new to this forum - 3 hours? - and fell for this thread and the non-M cousin at once.
The image is from a series of images on football (soccer:cool:) fans I´ve been working on for a while: the magic night late last autumn when we won the Norwegian series. :grin:
M4-P, CV 1,9/28, Tri-X at 1600 or 3200 (not sure) developed in XTOL.
 
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fotografz

Well-known member
Hello all!
I´m absolutely new to this forum - 3 hours? - and fell for this thread and the non-M cousin at once.
The image is from a series of images on football (soccer:cool:) fans I´ve been working on for a while: the magic night late last autumn when we won the Norwegian series. :grin:
M4-P, CV 1,9/28, Tri-X at 1600 or 3200 (not sure) developed in XTOL.
Nice!!!
 

Lloyd

Active member
Hello all!
I´m absolutely new to this forum - 3 hours? - and fell for this thread and the non-M cousin at once.
The image is from a series of images on football (soccer:cool:) fans I´ve been working on for a while: the magic night late last autumn when we won the Norwegian series. :grin:
M4-P, CV 1,9/28, Tri-X at 1600 or 3200 (not sure) developed in XTOL.
Beauty. And it looks like a great celebration.
 

emmawest72

New member
LLoyd,

there seem to be potential but the drugstore scan has completely destroyed the pic. On my screen it looks heavily oversharpened and they also seem to have applied some noise reduction(???). Make sure to scan it yourself as I'm sure the neg looks fine.
Cheers,
 

Lloyd

Active member
LLoyd,

there seem to be potential but the drugstore scan has completely destroyed the pic. On my screen it looks heavily oversharpened and they also seem to have applied some noise reduction(???). Make sure to scan it yourself as I'm sure the neg looks fine.
Cheers,
Thank you for your comments, William. Most appreciated.

I am anxious to see what my own scan will reveal. Don't know how they scan, but I just picked up the film, and was anxious to post something here.

The oversharpening may be my doing, I reduced this for web viewing and then applied a "sharpen for web" action I use for M8 files. Together with the sharpening the forum applies, it does look like too much.

Here's another file from this roll. Also the drugstore scan.

Noctilux:
View attachment 13941
 
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Lloyd

Active member
Ok, here's another attempt. Same image as above, but scanned in my Nikon Super CoolScan 4000. Don't know how the scratches got on the negative; pretty disappointing. (no sharpening this time.)

View attachment 13986
 
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wjlapier

Member
Hi Lloyd. I'm glad that you posted the two pics. I've been wondering what the lab would do to my negs if I let them scan them--after I scan them of course! But mainly to see what my pics would look like if I didn't do my digital darkroom.

I'd be curious to know more about your scanning and post processing. I use a Coolscan V and Vuescan and am learning something different just about everyday.

Leif, that is a great shot!
 
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