Out of Date Black and White Film?

I had two missions – one was to see how my Leica M 28mm ASPH f/2.0 lens looked in black and white film and the second was to see if my out of date black and white film still exposed well.  I’ve read in various circles formulas for exposing out… 

Deep Blacks and Silver-Like Greys

The Monochrom is producing black and white images that remind me so much of my days developing silver halide (which I still do, by the way, with a Leica MP). I have also written a variety of posts on how well the Fuji X100s in-camera JPEG’s deliver in terms of… 

Learning Luminosity with the Leica Monochrom

First, this is not a review of the Leica Monochrom – there are many high quality reviews already completed.  This is the beginning of a new series that is considerably more important than a review of a new camera.  The Monochrom is a photographer’s tool unlike any other tool in… 

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