Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd like to try some in Ethol TEC, but have no idea of what times to use. Is there a chart anywhere? Jeffery Smith At 04:52 PM 9/5/2002 -0600, you wrote: >I'm going to order some myself and try it out. In the meantime here's an >update on the Bluefire Police Film: > >Sorry this is taking so long, but I can never predict when I'll be in. > >The film is a microfilm, which is how it gets its fine grain. In standard >developers, microfilms have extremely high contrast and are unusable for >pictorial work. The supplied developer is an ultra-low-contrast formulation >specific to getting pictorial contrast with microfilms. You could also test >the film with any low-contrast developer, but my experience has been that >the Bluefire HR is the best combination of pictorial resolution and useable >speed (EI 80). > > >Thanks for your interest and let me know what you want to do. > >David Foy > > >The Frugal Photographer >--------------------------------- >http://www.frugalphotographer.com > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html