I'll buy one, AG!!!
If we're not careful, this could turn into a debate ala PCs vs Macs...
For me, Tri-X pro shot at 200, processed in 1:1 D-76. Or a big dilution of
Microdol-X if you want finer grain and a greater latitude.
Grab the orange filter if you're going to shoot people. Correctly exposed
at 200, they'll just glow on film. :)
The chromogenic films are great for convenience as they're processed C-41 at
the local lab, and I don't think I've seen a photographic medium with
greater exposure latitude. It's amazing. But it's not really stuff to my
taste.
Re color digitized & converted in <insert photo program here> (I use
Photoshop), this is an entire body of knowledge in and of itself. I've been
playing with various techniques for conversion and have come up with some
neat stuff. No set "do this and you'll be fine" setup -- almost each shot
wants a unique conversion. I could be fooling myself, but I think there's
definitely a discernible difference between B&W film & color converted to
B&W (digitally, anyway).
I suggest perhaps letting the subject matter dictate what you shoot it in.
To my eye, some things cry out for color & some for B&W.
Then when ya wanna get really frisky, there's the ol' tungsten-balanced E6
cross processed in C41. :)
http://www.davebulger.com/misc/20020617TM0714.JPG
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of AG Schnozz
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 2:37 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: ? on B&W photography
> While I generally agree with Schnozz, and it's thanks to him
> that I regularly use DD-X, I don't like the Delta or T-Max
> film one little bit.
So I can eliminate one "I agree with AG Schnozz" T-Shirt for the
workshop?
Delta 100 has an awkward response curve that is easily made even
more awkward through poor development. It's hard to get good
seperation in Zones II-III. Looks "bulky". T-Max is just an
aweful film all the way around.
There is ONE Delta film which is absolutely the cat's meow,
though. And the brain-trust at Ilford couldn't figure out to
make it in sheets. Delta 400 is by far my most favorite film of
all time. What it does for skintones is what legends are made
of. Slap an orange filter on the lens and zits, scars and moles
simply disappear. I believe it has something to do with an
extended near-IR response. End of the line, though. There will
never again be a new film that is anything but a rehash of old.
AG
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