Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guy: Thanks for reminding me of those two books, which I happen to have in one of my bookshelves. After my daughter is put to bed I think I'll settle down for an evening read. I have all my other literature in my darkroom, maybe I'll drive over tomorrow and just starting going over them from scratch. I didn't realize how settled in I've become with nearly 20 years of T-Max and D-76 until I started using Agfa again. Slobodan Dimitrov Guy Bennett wrote: > > >I'm just starting to use Agfa films again after a 20 hiatus. Any > >recommended developers for the 100 and 25 in 35 and 120? I'm looking for > >something that will make the negs look high in contrast, with a good mid > >gradation. > > > >Best, > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > Slobodan, > > In addition to seeking a high contrast developper, you might also > experiment with pushing the film to increase contrast. > > On this subject, I just checked out of the library the two "Darkroom" books > put out by Lustrum Press (R. Gibson's press) in the mid 1970. There are > discussions with about 20 photographers who talk about how they use the > darkroom to achieve their "look." > > Gibson's stuff is very high contrast, and he talks about what he does to > get the contrast he wants, which included seeking out high contrast subject > and shooting 400 film in bright daylight to blow out the highlights. > > There is some interesting stuff in that book. > > Guy