SE England Leica meet - more pictures

[jonathan_reynolds]

Here are some more shots from the recent meet (<a

href="http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?

msg_id=00EXJu&tag=" target="_blank">see here for Huw Finney's ones

posted earlier</a>). Sorry it has taken me so long, and that these

are under-exposed. I remember we had a discussion about the

correct exposure, and it seems I lost!

 

 

I had to develop this film at the kitchen sink because we've moved

house and I have yet to (literally) build a new darkroom. While

we've been settling in (= working like hell to make the place

habitable) my fixer has gone off, so there's lots of crud on these

negs caused by horrid crystals floating about. I'm not normally so

sloppy, but I don't know which box my microfilter is in. Sorry, no

time to clean up in PS.

 

 

Any, I'm throwing in a sunnier shot that was on the beginning of the

film. All Tri-X rated at 800 ISO, dev in Emofin 3.5 + 3.5 minutes.

 

 

Captions are:

 

Huw Finney; Jon Wardle (with Huw Finney); Doug Richardson;

Huw Finney sets the self-timer on his IIIg; "Silly old me!"

 

Would someone please tell me how to do a carriage-return in HTML?

 

 

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[working camera]

"I remember we had a discussion about the correct exposure, and it seems I lost!"

 

Shush John, just blame all the bitter Finney made you drink.

[jonathan_reynolds]

I wish I could, but I never need encouragment.

[michael s.]

Way to go, Jonathan.

 

I like these. Dust/crud forgiven. In the pub shots, I'm tempted to call that "atmospheric."

[jack_myovski]

Shame on whichever of you chaps brought your grand-daughter along, though in fairness she doesn't appear as inebriated as the lot of you. I do fancy her Leica holdall though, quite discreet.

[vivek iyer]

Nice Jonathan.

 

Jack, what a crack, you..basher! :)

[benlloyd]

Jonathan,

 

Carriage return is <br>, and new paragraph <p>

[rj]

Mmmmmm. Beer and Leicas and great company... good times.

[jcgoodman]

Emofin has saved the day for you, Jonathan! Emofin (two-bath

developer without wash in-between, made by Tetenal) happens

to be my developer of choice for Leica photography - virtually

obviating the need for a light meter - or arguments about

exposure. Resultant negatives are usually slightly soft in contrast

with amazingly fine grain. I use the Agfa Rondinax

daylight-loading tank - usually at the kitchen sink. Cheers all!

[jonathan_reynolds]

John, it's absolutely true what you say about the fine grain using Emofin, but we'd better explain to everyone else that what you're seeing in the scans above is some kind of grain clump effect created by the scanner. Seems particularly bad with Tri-X. Very annoying when a 16 x 12 traditional print would have no obtrusive grain at all.

[jonathan_reynolds]

Thanks, Ben!