Some time back I said that I would do an extensive comparison of Ilford
XP2 and Kodak BW400CN, both C41 B&W films.  That turns out to be a
formidable task, so I'm going to renege, at least for now.  I simply
don't have the time to do an adequate job.

Album number 39, named “August 2008-4” has been just published. Thanks
to 414 visitors of album number 38.
This is information about my website, but not a spam.
The galleries of this website display photographs taken around the

I currently have a Cosina-Voigtländer 21mm, which is o.k., but I find
that it vignettes too much and could be sharper in the corners, even
when stopped down.
So I'm considering buying the Zeiss ZM C 21mm 4.5, or alternatively, the

Thanks for keeping the SI alive, and doing a good job.
(I don't think he'll see this as he keeps plonking me!!)

Tony Cooper "All Six":
Hehe - very clever  :)
Tony Cooper "Kids With Cone":
Great, fun capture.

I have used this film in the past and I still have all my negs, most
of them in plastic sheets.  But I don't have all of them marked very
well.
I'd like to find some of my old Ektar shots and check them out.

Some truly great news for those of us who miss the superb saturation
and ultra fine grain of the unique Kodak Ektar 25 film ...
From the Vision Landscapes site:
http://tinyurl.com/6lk6tr

Bob Flint 1:
Looks like a difficult exposure condition - bright sky/clouds
quite hot, but dark fg gravel etc.  Might have been a good case
for a grad neutral density filter, or take 2 exposures and blend

Just in time for Halloween. :-)
http://www.jlkramer.net/Pictures/Fruity/FungusSpider.htm
-Jim

http://www.pbase.com/shootin/tubes (7 images)
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/panomosaics (26 images)

A jumble of my customary blunt, opinionated pronouncements, to be accepted,
disputed, ridiculed, or ignored.
Bob
Tony Cooper All 6

Due to a dinner tonight in a town a couple hours away, I may not get to
posting the SI until tomorrow evening.  Apologies.

Since there will soon be a bill to maintain the shootin site, I decided
to bail on the SI before it was due!
I managed to trick Bowser into taking it on <evil cackle here>.
Thanks to everyone who participated over my 3 month sentence.  I really

Well, it's Tennesse vs. Alabama week in the Deep South and that means
one thing ..... cheerleaders.  Unfortunately, the rain decided to time
it's arrival with that of the Alabama Crimson Tide Million Dollar Band
and the show was moved inside to the TN Pavilion.  This meant that the

these bastards:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~nsouto/photos/latest/16%20recession.jpg
were charging me 35 bucks for ONE game in the afternoon,
IF there was a slot.  As late as 12 months ago.