Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Playing (using) the Zone System is a big help in this area. WWP At 05:41 PM 4/30/2011, you wrote: >On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com>wrote: > > >This: > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Henley_Grange_Beach.jpg.html > >is Tri-X exposed at EI100 and developed in Xtol to manage a 3-4 stop > >wider luminance range than the film could handle at the higher CI that > >would be given by ISO exposure and development - CI 0.62 or > >thereabouts. Additional exposure is vastly less harmful to tonality > >than decreased exposure, but it does decrease sharpnness and increase > >grain. I don't mind losing a bit of both of them to get better > >tonality. >================================================================================================== >And how about this? Tri-X exposed at 32 ISO, then developed in Microdol-X: > ><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/Model_AMR.jpg.html> > >I do all my B&W film by inspection development. > >Alan > >Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >UPAA POY 1978 >University Information Technology Services >University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >amr3 at uwm.edu >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Linda & Warren Pearce Colorado Springs 719-548-1748