Thanks George. I look forward to seeing your picture. Do you know of a reciprocity chart for the Arista film?
Thanks Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ??????? > [mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???????]On Behalf Of George L Smyth > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 3:37 PM > To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??????? > Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Litho - Halftone film question > > > > --- Greg Newberry <grnewbe...@qwest.net> wrote: > > I'm building an 8x10 pinhole camera and I planned on using RC > paper for the > > negative and then contact print it. It was recommended to me to also > > consider using sheet film because of the flexibility of doing > alternative > > contact prints. Litho/Half tone film was recommended because of > it's price. > > Can someone tell me about this type of film? What kind of > negative do you > > get? How do you develop it? Brand & price? What you gain or > loose over using > > normal sheet negatives? > > If you're going to be using it for alternative processing, you'll > definitely > want to use some form of film. Contrast is an important element > in dealing > with something like the Van Dyke process, and using paper > probably is not going > to give you the contrast you'll need (plus, you need to think in terms of > pretty long exposure times under your light unit). > > I use Arista Premium Halftone film and shoot it at around EI 6. > Development is > normally with Dektol diluted 1+10. The primary advantage of > halftone film over > something like TMX is one of price, as there is a vbast > difference between the > two. > > I will probably upload my Pinhole Day picture tonight, which was > taken with > Arista and printed with the Van Dyke process. > > Cheers - > > george > > ===== > Handmade Photographic Images > http://GLSmyth.com > DRiP Investing > http://DRiPInvesting.org > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ >
