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Never seen anything like it. Pretty nifty.

obviously come 2nd to being a soldier. Is that a Luger..?

 

Not good to say to a guy with a Luger, that his film changing took him too long. And his 35/50mm all-in-one didn't speed things up after 36 shots.

Just curious: who is it? (Typical photog's wrong question: well, who was

it please, if I may ask?)

 

Learnt on this forum, that Patton was a Leica user - Rommel, too.

Having multiple Leicas* (four, or even six in case a set caught a bullet, or simply jammed) and handing this combo over to get a full one instantly could well be a general's way of proceeding. But a gun in the boot? 

 

*when HCB dig his in before going to war in a particular garden (probably another myth anyway)

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24802390192_7a88a466bb_b.jpgHütten - Ilford HP5+ by -Ric Capucho-

 

24305343973_10948a251e_b.jpgHütten - Ilford HP5+ by -Ric Capucho-

 

 

So my first roll of Ilford HP5+.

 

First the good: the grain is just that bit nicer than XP2, at least to my eye. The film captured the scene, which was on a very foggy day a few moments before sunset. Tricky stuff. Makes me more confident it'll work well during one of my night on the city street photo binges.

 

And the bad? Even though it was *very* foggy and getting very late, I think XP2 would have made much more of the contrast between the trees and snow.

 

There was also an underexposure of about a stop or so that I *thought* I'd compensated for in camera (exp comp +2). It could be that the conditions foxed the camera's meter more than usual, but I'm no stranger to snow, fog and trees.

 

The images above have been tweaked in my camera+ app to add a "stop" or so equivalent. More HP5+ experiments are on their way, so I'll soon learn where I am with it.

 

Ric

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24802390192_7a88a466bb_b.jpgHütten - Ilford HP5+ by -Ric Capucho-

 

24305343973_10948a251e_b.jpgHütten - Ilford HP5+ by -Ric Capucho-

 

 

So my first roll of Ilford HP5+.

 

First the good: the grain is just that bit nicer than XP2, at least to my eye. The film captured the scene, which was on a very foggy day a few moments before sunset. Tricky stuff. Makes me more confident it'll work well during one of my night on the city street photo binges.

 

And the bad? Even though it was *very* foggy and getting very late, I think XP2 would have made much more of the contrast between the trees and snow.

 

There was also an underexposure of about a stop or so that I *thought* I'd compensated for in camera (exp comp +2). It could be that the conditions foxed the camera's meter more than usual, but I'm no stranger to snow, fog and trees.

 

The images above have been tweaked in my camera+ app to add a "stop" or so equivalent. More HP5+ experiments are on their way, so I'll soon learn where I am with it.

 

Ric

 

Love these Ric. The 1st is very strong.

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24802390192_7a88a466bb_b.jpgHütten - Ilford HP5+ by -Ric Capucho-

 

24305343973_10948a251e_b.jpgHütten - Ilford HP5+ by -Ric Capucho-

 

 

So my first roll of Ilford HP5+.

 

First the good: the grain is just that bit nicer than XP2, at least to my eye. The film captured the scene, which was on a very foggy day a few moments before sunset. Tricky stuff. Makes me more confident it'll work well during one of my night on the city street photo binges.

 

And the bad? Even though it was *very* foggy and getting very late, I think XP2 would have made much more of the contrast between the trees and snow.

 

There was also an underexposure of about a stop or so that I *thought* I'd compensated for in camera (exp comp +2). It could be that the conditions foxed the camera's meter more than usual, but I'm no stranger to snow, fog and trees.

 

The images above have been tweaked in my camera+ app to add a "stop" or so equivalent. More HP5+ experiments are on their way, so I'll soon learn where I am with it.

 

Ric

 

Ric you're right about HP5. I bought 20 rolls and I used them on different subjects:

nature (fog,snow,landscape with sunny time or not etc...) and also portraits ,street photos,

macrophotos.

My conclusion is like you. I prefer now Kodak TX400 better for deep black and  more sharpness,

more contrast better in example for portrait.

But HP5 has a slightly cold signing, less warm than the TX IMHO.

For HP5 I pushed time development a little , more than 4 minutes to correct black and contrast.

In print same remark more in paper developper but not too much !

So it depends what you want !

 

As said a famous film photographer

" Each film is a new sensor " :)

 

Nice pictures of fog , I love them specially the first : simple and beautiful

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Henry

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Thanks Adam.  I can see where you are coming from. I suppose I still have the visual memory of the searingly bright sunshine on a hot, cloudless early Sept day in southern France and wished to retain that feel of eye-squintingly bright white concrete etc.  In light (!) of your feedback I have darkened the mid and darker tones/shadows to give more depth, leaving the lighter tones untouched (except for the grass & gravel in the foreground).  Revised image below.

Keith I know this wonderful bridge. An exploit in this type of construction

while fitting into the landscape without causing too much shock of modernism

 

I prefer this version as asked Adam.

 

Nice shot with great perspective

Thanks for sharing

Best

Henry

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Snow in HP5 Ilford  for Ric

push a little in time development

 

 

Leica MP

50 Summilux Asph

 

Snow on our city

picture uncorrected

 

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That said above , Ric , Ilford is also a good film ! :)

Nice in scan and in print through enlarger

 

Rg

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I like it a lot. The still water (and fog?) makes the wooden structure really jump out. Very effectful. The faint shapes on the horizon, are they trees?

 

 

 

Llandulas groyne, near England.

Hasselblad 500cm with Fuji Acros developed in Ilford DDX and scanned using Epson V700.attachicon.gif21AugLlandulasraw0003con.jpg

 

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Each film has its signature, which is great in the film in my opinion !

No need to spend 7000 Euros for a monochrome to get what you want
and black is a true black, white is a true white !

 

For Ric to illustrate as I said above :)

another picture this time in Kodak TX 400 , no push in time dev.

 

Alley of olive trees in Ardèche (South France)

 

Kodak TX400 (picture uncorrected)

Leica MP

Summilux 50 Asph

a great Leica combo camera - lens :)

 

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some more in Ilford HP5 , a film with great nuance :)

On technical side film Ilford HP5 is slightly  "hard" , not thin
which makes handling at the level of the enlarger  , very pleasant

 

 

Fog on our city

Leica MP

Summilux 50 Asph

Nikon Scan 5000

 

 

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Henry

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Love the vanishing line tree photo Henry. 

 

If one can't get out and shoot one can at least take a snap from the stairs at work...

 

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TTL 50mm Superia 200

Well seen Philip

at a decisive moment :)

 

Thanks for your comment

Best

Henry

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and the last picture (landscape) for Ric  :)

 

 

Antibes Juan les Pins

Mondial Jazz Session

(South France)

in background snowy French and Italian South East Alpes

 

Ilfors HP5

MP-50 LA

 

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Very nice, Henry.

Thanks EC for your nice comment

 

In b&w , we love fog in film , because the rendering is better by "grain" than obligatory "smoothing" grey appearance of "pixels" sensor .

So not the same reproduction of micro droplets of water by film.

 

 

For EC, Ian, Ric  :)

Another fog in HP5 Ilford

 

 

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50 Summilux Asph

 

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is there a dress code for that roof top? :D   love the pop

 

 

Not really...

 

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Contrast by _JM_, on Flickr

 

,... the trick was to enter the magical box :-)

 

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Color box ! by _JM_, on Flickr

 

Shot at the Arc de Triomphe rooftop in Paris , Xpan 30mm, Portra 800.

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Leica MP

Ilford HP5 Ilford

50 Summilux Asph

 

Picture uncorrected

 

The points on water are not dusts on sensor (you are afraid , isn't ?) 

but ducks  :)

 

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