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Question on film
On 21 Mar 2006 11:28:41 -0800, wrote:
I think, the consunsus is, isnt a lack of grain I am looking for but rather the "sharp acutance" of wich you speak. I HATE on fast color film where it looks like its been shot through a sandstorm, I have som 30 reels of Europe that were shot in 800 when it first hit the makret, ugh....everyhting looks like its in a haze or sandstorm, like monet's... That can be good. I once took some 1600 and ran it through my Minoilta X700 on which I had mounted a Soligor 70~210 (really bad lens) and 2 5 element 2X tele-exteneders. Ran the aperture wide open but of course the extenders caused the light hitting the film to drop to the equivalent of f/16. Made for some nice soft images. Lots of flare and abberations. == John S. Douglas Photographer & Webmaster www.legacy-photo,com www.xs750.net |
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:57:58 GMT, "Richard Knoppow"
wrote: The developer that probably is most often satisfactory for exagerated acutance effects is Agfa Rodinal How about D-19 ? Dektol works about the same as Rodinal. Try it at 1:100. == John S. Douglas Photographer & Webmaster www.legacy-photo,com www.xs750.net |
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Thanks, Nice bike by the way, I am building an XR750 (Harley) Just got
the frame back from the platers, wow I forgot how much work it was. I am using an Omega 2 enlarger, but I have done a fair bit of small contact prints so no lense problems there. In 35 mm I am shooting with and Alpa, on a Leits short tripod. The medium is a Rollei, both in tip top shape, np problems there, lighting np, etc. I am going to try some of the films metioned above, but I am VERY curious about the developing process, when you said about using Dektol , you were talking about the film correct ? and a 1:100 dilution, once again thats from the stock solution ? I use the Kodak products as they are the only thing available near me and theyre cheap.... I shot a roll with the Alpa last night paying particular attention to EVERYTHING, the light, shadows, etc with TMax100 (TMX100) "Professional" and followed the times on the d76 (6 1/2) minutes etc etc, the negative are visibly better than the last set with the Rollei, although I am wondering about the light leak someone metioned, I either BORKED it TOTALLY last night but cant remeber when but there was an entire 120 roll exposed, and I was REALLY carefull at every stage. So tonight I am going to print well see how it goes, but I am really curious about if you are talking about using the Dektol on the film, and the 1:100 is from the 1 Gal stock solution (that seems REALLY weak) Thanks Chris |
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On 26 Mar 2006 17:31:50 -0800, wrote:
Thanks, Nice bike by the way, I am building an XR750 (Harley) Just got the frame back from the platers, wow I forgot how much work it was. I believe you mean the one on the front page at xs750.net. That's Henriks. Quite the custom job. Mines at http://www.xs750.net/mybike.html For something a little quicker : http://www.xs750.net/mefizzer.html I am using an Omega 2 enlarger, but I have done a fair bit of small contact prints so no lense problems there. In 35 mm I am shooting with and Alpa, on a Leits short tripod. The medium is a Rollei, both in tip top shape, np problems there, lighting np, etc. I am going to try some of the films metioned above, but I am VERY curious about the developing process, when you said about using Dektol , you were talking about the film correct ? and a 1:100 dilution, once again thats from the stock solution ? I use the Kodak products as they are the only thing available near me and theyre cheap.... I shot a roll with the Alpa last night paying particular attention to EVERYTHING, the light, shadows, etc with TMax100 (TMX100) "Professional" and followed the times on the d76 (6 1/2) minutes etc etc, the negative are visibly better than the last set with the Rollei, although I am wondering about the light leak someone metioned, I either BORKED it TOTALLY last night but cant remeber when but there was an entire 120 roll exposed, and I was REALLY carefull at every stage. There are different degrees of exposure. Was the film completely black ? So tonight I am going to print well see how it goes, but I am really curious about if you are talking about using the Dektol on the film, and the 1:100 is from the 1 Gal stock solution (that seems REALLY weak) Yep. Extremely weak and highly alkaline. Dektol is loaded with carbonate. Extremely grainy. You can play with it just as many do with Rodinal. == John S. Douglas Photographer & Webmaster www.legacy-photo,com www.xs750.net |
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Plus-X doesn't have super-high resolution or super-fine grain, but I
find its grain structure very pleasing, and it has high accutance in D76 1:1. If you're shooting 35mm it will produce quite nice 11x14s. Rate it at 100 or 80 instead of 125 and don't change development. It needs more exposure than 125 to capture shadow detail well, and it does quite nicely in highlights. |
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On 27 Mar 2006 19:11:35 -0800, "Neal Currie"
wrote: Plus-X doesn't have super-high resolution or super-fine grain, but I find its grain structure very pleasing, and it has high accutance in D76 1:1. If you're shooting 35mm it will produce quite nice 11x14s. To qualify that above statement I would say that of course everyone has their opinion as to what "quite nice" is. Sebastio Salgado has many of his images enlarged to incredible sizes and for many people the drama of the image completely overwhelms any technical considerations. I tend to agree though I think they would look better at 16X20. As far aas enlarging any 35mm 3.5x9.5 is about as far as I'll go without seeing some image compromising. == John S. Douglas Photographer & Webmaster www.legacy-photo,com (currently down (again)) www.xs750.net |
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True. I should have mentioned that I shoot 35mm only so my standards
are of course much lower than those who shoot MF & LF - but I was tired and brain-dead so neglected to do so. |
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Question on film
I hate to say this, but if you really hate grainy images or grainy
color photos then you really, really should consider a digital camera. |
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