Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Christer Almqvist wrote: > > Overexpose and underdevelop, I am sure it was the thing to do once. > But films have changed, and so have developers. > Perhaps it is time to change development practice? Radically. > Exposing a 100 film at 200 instead of 80 lets you shoot at 1/125th second > rather than at 1/50th (all other things equal) which may be the difference > between a blurred and a good negative. Anyway, given a choice I would > always prefer a thinner negative to a denser one, provided there is some > shadow detail. I find that dense negatives lack sharpness ..... and > acutance and microcontrast and all the rest. > I agree and think this is partullly the case with 35mm. With larger formats a murkier neg is much less of a problem. A 35mm neg has to be clean and lean like a clean machine. And I can go medium. But well done I ask for another steak. Mark Rabiner