Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul, You could be right?I have a lot to learn about digital printing. On the other hand you were using Microdol-X, which is very different than Pyrocat, so that might make a difference? I currently have a show of 28 photographs done on 4x5 Fp-4+, mostly processed in Pyrocat HD, scanned and printed digitally 32x40 inches (by someone else), and they look pretty nice. I'm sure there are many ways to arrive at good prints. It is a matter of finding what you like, and works well for you. They're all good! Richard Wasserman www.richardwasserman.net On Jul 25, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Paul Roark wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Richard Wasserman > <disfromage at ameritech.net> wrote: >> ... I use reduced agitation?... which increases edge effects ... > > FWIW, my standard development procedures when I was using the Rollei > SL66 with Tmax 100 was to use dilute (1:3) Microdol-X with agitation > at 3 minute intervals. The infrequent agitation gave great sharpness, > which was a real plus with the enlarger, but it has turned out to be a > mistake with digital tools when these negatives are scanned and > printed today. I find it much easier to sharpen in Photoshop than to > reduce the grain (and local unevenness) caused by the infrequent > agitation. If I were to go back to shooting the SL66 and Tmax 100, > I'd look at developers that gave me maximum smoothness and leave the > sharpening to PS, where I can do it locally as opposed to globally. > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information