Re: Sharp BW Film

2003-01-03 Thread Thibault GROUAS
a very happy new year, and the best photographic opportunities you can get. Cheers, Thibault Grouas.

Re: BW film/developer combinations...

2003-01-03 Thread Thibault GROUAS
the standard development be fine with 3 stops overexposure ? Thibault Grouas.

Re: Hypothetical Question

2002-12-17 Thread Thibault GROUAS
single picture). Sad to see the MZ is only 6 year old and the winding mechanism is no longer accurate. Not having a reliable AF camera today really isn't a concern for me and I think I'll just be happy to shoot MXes for a long time. Maybe an LX one day though... Thibault Grouas. « Brad Dobo » [EMAIL

Re: Photography

2002-12-16 Thread Thibault GROUAS
and with the sand of the beach I ended the roll shooting at f/8 1/250. I am not a color neg fan but I'll post my first impressions on ultra 100 when I get the prints this week. Thibault Grouas. « gfen » [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Bruce Dayton wrote: So, to actually talk about something

Re: To get K30/2.8 ?

2002-12-16 Thread Thibault GROUAS
I am not a collector but I own a 30/2.8 which immediatly became my second most used lens. I was not really happy with the K 28/3.5 which I found a little too big and heavy for what it was. If you buy it from KEH, $450 is a bit pricey though... Thibault Grouas. « Frankie Lee » [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: JPEG and Genuine Fractals

2002-11-30 Thread Thibault GROUAS
« Dr E D F Williams » [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : Processing 'jpeg' files with Photoshop, or any other program, is inadvisable. Each time you save a file in this compressed format it changes for the worse. After initial scanning the file should be saved in Photoshop's own '.psd' format. JPEG

Re: Tiny Cars and PUG

2002-11-30 Thread Thibault GROUAS
« frank theriault » [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : Unfortunately, I don't think we in North America will ever get them (in the near future anyway), because I doubt that they meet crash requirments. Hopefully learning to avoid crashes is the main purpose of a driving license in Europe. Thibault

Re: MX review

2002-11-29 Thread Thibault GROUAS
camera, and i take it with me whenever I need a reliable camera. Though, after reading Lon Williamson's MX/KX comparison, I must say i'll maybe try a KX one day, a camera I have absolutely no experience with. Thanks for the nice review Lon. Just some personal thoughts. Thibault Grouas. « Alan

My PUG favorites for this month

2002-11-06 Thread Thibault GROUAS
, Thibault Grouas. ___ |Thibault Grouas| | http://photofr.ath.cx | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I___I

6x7 lenses question

2002-10-25 Thread Thibault GROUAS
to avoid, especially compared with other wide angle lenses (for the 75) and with other portrait lenses (for the 200). I've heard some good things about the 150 and 165, but nothing about the 200. Thanks a lot, ___ |Thibault Grouas

Re: B W recommendations

2002-10-23 Thread Thibault GROUAS
darkroom I use mostly agfa chemicals too...especially Neutol NE WA as paper dev. And Bergger warmtone fiber papers. I'am sick of Ilford for now... Good luck for the wedding ! Thibault Grouas « Stephen Hoffman » [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : I need help in trying out B W film. I haven't shot

Re: B W recommendations

2002-10-23 Thread Thibault GROUAS
I would do 5-6 mins depending on contrast with rodinal 1+50 but sorry I never used HC110. Ilford Perceptol diluted 1+3 is a good one for pull processing also. « gfen » [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Thibault GROUAS wrote: You may also want to push process tri-x which gives