Nicely done, Nathan. Images slightly overexposed to my eye, but your
favorite subject is a delight to behold under any conditions.
Charlie
On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 1:47 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have recently been testing various films with the Adox HR developer. I
> like that developer because of convenience: the dilutions are very high,
> like 1:30 or 1:40 depending on the film, and you only prepare what you need
> that day. This eliminates the problem I have with powder developers like
> D76, which have to be mixed to produce 1 liter of stock solution which has
> only limited shelf life, so I end up wasting a lot of developer. With the
> Adox, I do not have this problem. It is a liquid developer in a small
> bottle (100 ml) and keeps very well.
>
> Last week the film I tested was Fuji Acros, shot in my Leica M2 and 50mm
> Summilux. I did a photo session with Eri, my favourite subject, who is a
> big aficionado of her fellow Greek Maria Callas, and she adopted a couple
> of poses frequently used by Callas.
>
> Apparently this one is a classic Callas pose:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-WKRgn9n/A
>
> This is just Eri smiling:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-ScMR9F7/A
>
> The following day we had the last-Friday-of-November drinks, and I used
> the same camera on our new trainees. They love the pictures. Somehow,
> people really respond differently when they see these film photos, shot
> with a camera and lens that were produced well before they were born (my M2
> is from 1966 and the Summilux I used from 1961).
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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