What I love about film

December 23, 2011 08:38AM


Shot at twilight on Ilford 5 B&W, with a 60 year old Leica M3 --I think the lens for this might actually have been a Cosina Voigtlander 40mm F1.4 (the 50mm Summicron I have doesn't produce this much vignetting --at least I don't think it does --wide open, but I have to admit I can't actually remember what the lens was. Anyway, I don't mind the effect.) I actually don't think there is anything about the quality of the image that couldn't be gotten with digital --probably an M9 with the same lens would have produced something comparable in a lot of respects. But I have to admit there is something about the way the light "draws" the image on the grain of the film that I just love.

J.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/23/2011 08:41AM by Jack Forster.
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What I love about film

Jack Forster 314 December 23, 2011 08:38AM

There's no doubt

MarkS 124 December 23, 2011 10:42AM

Very nice picture

Geo 171 December 24, 2011 02:26AM

that's really worth a try Jack

MarkS 145 December 24, 2011 02:31AM

That is not just a great shot Jack

IanS 137 December 27, 2011 10:04AM

Thanks and some musings on comparing film vs. digital

Jack Forster 123 December 28, 2011 02:42PM

Your beautiful picture

dreamer8 126 January 02, 2012 05:15AM

Digital workflow for film

Jack Forster 125 January 02, 2012 11:14AM

Thank You Jack

dreamer8 129 January 02, 2012 05:49PM

It really is a horrible shame about Kodachrome

Jack Forster 144 January 02, 2012 07:40PM

Scanners

Geo 128 January 03, 2012 02:14AM

I wonder exactly the same thing. . .

Jack Forster 104 January 03, 2012 05:42PM

Scanning the old fashioned way

Geo 119 January 04, 2012 08:49AM

Thanks Geo for link

dreamer8 128 January 06, 2012 05:30AM