Ive used this technique with negative material with a degree of success
but its a hit and miss affair until you have experimented with it.
The secret is to pre expose the film just enough to overcome the films
natural inertia,or in otherwords the films resistance to actually start
reacting to the light falling on it.
It used to be quite common when Hand printing B+W before Resin Coated
multigrade paper was available to pre flash paper to reduce contrast.
this was easy to control as the results were there to see after 3
minutes.
All in the "good old days" of course.
Michael Wilkinson. 106 Holyhead Road,Ketley, Telford.Shropshire TF 15 DJ
[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.infocus-photography.co.uk
For Trannies and Negs from Digital Files
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 5:17 AM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: orange mask/Low contrast tranny
: How about pre-fogging trans. film? Does anybody really do that to
: reduce contrast?
:
: Jon
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