Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: But as stupid "pushing" often seems to me it's "pulling" that really gets me. Over exposure = death when it comes to quality black and white image making. And all "pulling" is is over exposing with a smug attitude. :)? --------- I've been wondering the same thing. In the Film Developing Cookbook, A&T state that with 135 format film, the best one can do is to provide the least possible exposure and least amount of development to capture the desired shadow detail. Printable on grade 3 paper, IIRC. Dunno, but I scan my film and the desirabiliyt of a thinner negative makes ample sense to me. But all over the web one can hear folks recommending juicing up TriX @ ISO 200 or HP5+ @ 160. I recall some of the APUG folks even recommending over exposing *and* over developing, claiming that many of the official times were too short (I almost always find them too long). Go figure. BTW, I finally think I might have found a happy (i.e., reasonably sharp but safe and contrast taming) soup for FP4+. Acutol 1:15 7m 10s, 45 sec agitation and then 1 inversion every 2 minutes starting at 2m, water stop. Completely off topic and irrelevant, but I had to tell someone. If it helps, my first roll in this soup was taken with an M6TTL and 28/2 :-) Scott