Yesterday there were black storm clouds swirling over South Florida. While driving to supper I looked up at them and thought "They don't look real; they look more like special effects." Then I realized what they lacked to make them appear real to me -- NO GRAIN! Boy, talk about being brainwashed!

-- Willhelmn (wmitch3400@hotmail.com), May 17, 2002

Answers

Hmn...hehehe. What can be said? I guess sometimes we all get into our "zones".

-- James (snodoggydogg@hotmail.com), May 17, 2002.

What did you have for supper?

-- Keith Davis (leica4ever@yahoo.com), May 17, 2002.

I'm afraid what Bill had on the way to supper was made from grain ;-o

-- Michael Kastner (kastner@zedat.fu-berlin.de), May 17, 2002.

any thing 1:1 and with continuos agitation can be dangerous, check temp...

-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), May 17, 2002.

Where was your camera Willhelmn? I'd love to see the sky of my childhood- here in SF there are headlines when there's one lightning bolt during a storm.

-- Tse-Sung (tsesung@yahoo.com), May 17, 2002.

To heck with the dilutions...just go full strength!

-- Todd Frederick (fredrick@hotcity.com), May 17, 2002.

Brainwashed? Are you sure it was archival?

;-)

-- Mani Sitaraman (bindumani@pacific.net.sg), May 17, 2002.

Maybe more like a Senior Moment. I wonder if today's kids might feel the same way about reality if they can't see any pixels.

-- Willhelmn (wmitch3400@hotmail.com), May 17, 2002.

Hello Willhelmn. We all read you. The answer in theory, but a bit difficult everyday in practice...always carry that Leica with you loaded with Tri-X.You can rate the film at 800 to cover most situations,push process and photograph those clouds to look acceptably grainy. Regards.

-- Sheridan Zantis (albada60@hotmail.com), May 17, 2002.

Mommy, I see grain! Leitz M6, Elmar-M 50mm 1:2.8, Leica UVa, T-Max 400 in XTOL 1:1, Polaroid SprintScan 4000:

-- Glenn Travis (leicaddict@hotmail.com), May 18, 2002.