Hi William and all,
I am a new member, although I have been hanging around
for months...and participating in the Spotmatic sites.
I too am getting back into B&W after about a 20 year
absence from the darkroom. Yesterday, I bought my
chemicals, but prefer to mix small batches...does
anyone know where I can find out how much developer,
etc. is required for a given number of rolls? I have
not checked the Kodak site yet. Also, is it
environmentally sound to dispose of the chemicals down
the drain? Thanks! I've learned alot from this site!
Mike Steele
--- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kelvin Ang"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: April 11, 2001 8:12 AM
> Subject: Help: Black and White Photography - Filters
>
>
> > I'm interesting in trying out black and white
> > photography, particularly in portraits. Somehow,
> the
> > contrast isn't good enough... I heard that using
> red
> > and yellow filters do help in bringing out
> contrast.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > I'm using a 50mm f1.4 and Tri-X Pan film. Thinking
> of
> > adding a 2x teleconvertor to the 50mm 'cos it's
> too
> > short.
>
> Thats quite the email address. The yellow filter is
> a good
> choice for general purpose B&W. The easiest way to
> bump the
> contrast is to increase development time. Try about
> 20% longer
> to start.
> Tri-X is not my favourite film for portraits.
> Kodaks's Plux-X or
> Ilford FP-4+ have a much nicer skin tone value IMO.
> The 50mm 1.4
> with 2X converter should give a nice portrait
> combination.
> William Robb
>
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