Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have spent the last 2 weekends working on my film/dev combinations, using the recommendations of the 205 FCC magazine. The process is easy, BUT SLOW, and the results are pretty scary --- at least for me it explains a lot of my problems ;-) The bottom line seems to be the EI rating of the film is a combination of the film and developer type. T-max 100 rates as 80 in ID-11 and 64 in Rodinal FOR ME. The contrast range is determined by the development time. You measure Zone VIII negs to give you a contrast range to suit your enlarger. Does any one know what contrast range suits scanners, in particular Nikon 5000 !!!! Is it the density range of 1.2 as for diffusion enlargers or 1.01 as for condenser enlargers? cheers On 02/03/2007, at 5:33, Michiel Fokkema wrote: > Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> I've also used 1+3 for 12min. But this gave me too much grain. >>> >>> Shooting at 1600 gives me way too much contrast. >> Michael contrast is controlled by film development. Not exposure. >> Which is >> setting your ISO at a different number. > > Doesn't overexposure and underdevelopment lower contrast and > increase shadow detail? At least that is what I see in the > techdocs of Xtol. > I always thought we have to expose for the shadows and develop for > the highlights? > I guess I have to try again on 1600 and develop less. > > > -- > Best regards, > > Michiel Fokkema > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information