On Oct 29, 4:09 pm, t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Thor Lancelot Simon) wrote:
> In article <1193681451.045599.275...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>
> UC <uraniumcommit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >On Oct 28, 9:23 pm, t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Thor Lancelot Simon) wrote:
>
> >> Oh, I forgot, you just like to hang around here and _talk_ about all
the
> >> photography you do. One wouldn't expect less from a famous Usenet
kook,
> >> I suppose.
>
> >I said I had tested the films. I did not say I generated H&D curves.
> >You need special equipment for that.
>
> Special equipment like, oh, I don't know, a densitometer? Heck, you
> could get a perfectly functional one from eBay for about $100, if you
> only need it for monochrome transmission sensiometry.
>
> And to think, you like to throw around one-liners about how others have
> "clearly never done critical testing of materials". I guess now I get
it:
> your "critical testing of materials" doesn't actually involve
sensiometry
> per se (it can't, since you evidently don't own the basic tools for the
> job). Instead, you shoot some film and decide if you, personally, can
> get the results you like without changing your technique any. If not,
you
> pop over here and spew some more about how the materials in question are
> useless for everyone, all the time.
I photograph a standard subject (the houses across the street) in
clear sunlight in the morning. It is very easy to see differences in
shadow vs highlight contrast, graininess, color sensitivity to green,
etc. The clear sky shows grain quite readily. The shadows under the
awnings, and in the doorways, clearly show differences between films.
The house numbers show sharpness. It is useless to do trails of
materials except under conditions that mimic actual use.
> You really don't get it about why most people consider you a kook, do
you?
No. I'm too busy doing things correctly.
>
> --
> Thor Lancelot Simon
t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "The inconsistency is startling, though admittedly, if consistency is
to
> be abandoned or transcended, there is no problem." - Noam
Chomsky
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