Archive for July, 2009
Ektar 100 and Portra 160VC compared
I have continued to put Kodak’s spectacular new film, Ektar 100, through its paces, and I’m getting a better handle on its strengths and capabilities. I really like this film—Kodak did us a solid by making it, then offering it in 120 as well as in 35mm. I wonder if there’s any chance at all they might make it in 4×5? One can dream….
Before Ektar came along, I shot a lot of Portra VC in both 160 and 400 speed, and continue to do so. I have struggled a bit to put my finger exactly on the differences between these films, and to figure out in which scenarios either film might prove most at home. Read the rest of this entry »
Old-School Curmudgeon Speaks…& Spells
While I have much love for my fellow photographers, can anyone doubt that they are among the worst spellers and punctuators of anyone claiming to write in English?
Though this is primarily a blog about photography and the creative process, recall that its subtitle is “and other stuff that moves me”. Under that broad charter, therefore, I feel at liberty periodically to hold forth on matters of the language, among other arcana. Call it a tedious quirk, but grammar, spelling, and punctuation move me. These kinds of errors drive me batty, even on those rare (think Halley’s-Comet-rare) occasions when I almost make them myself. (I shudder at the prospect.)