Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>
> Maybe I can learn something from your problems. At what EI do
> you expose Delta 100, and under what lighting conditions? What
> developer have you used? Time/temp/agitation?
I shot these back before I had a darkroom or was doing my own
processing, so these are all (3 rolls?) at EI 100, souped in TMAX, which
is what my lab used for everything.
The *one* beautiful neg I was talking about was shot in diffuse lighting
conditions, and this is the neg that got me thinking I should try and
work with this stuff.
Last week I shot a 'test' roll - basically pictures of my cat (just
about perfectly 18% gray), heavily backlit. I shot at 100, souped in
FX39 at 1:19 for 16.5 minutes. 1:19 is a fairly dilute for FX-39, so I
was hoping for a little compensation. The backlit areas were pretty well
blown out...there's a bit of detail, but maybe beyond my abilities to
print.
Paterson gives 2 times for development for each film, one for a .57
curve, one for .7. 16.5 minutes is about in-between. I'll probably dial
it down to 14 minutes next time.
I also plan to try XTOL...Aaron has been spazzing about Studional, so I
may try that too, since it seems to be pretty versatile.
Some people (Mike? ;) ) may think all this fiddling around is futile,
but I find it to be kind of fun.
tv
-
This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe,
go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to
visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
