I don't agree. It has nothing to do with printing. We are talking about exposure here - not about how to resque faulty exposures.
First of all, to be a good printer (I belive, I used to be one - before the digital revolution) it's prefered to start out with the best possible negative (or digital image). That is properly exposed negatives, slides or image files. Where all shades between black and white are represented. When printing you can "subtract" to get what you want. Secondly, I was still talking about the negs, not the prints. You can't get out of a print what's not there in a neg. You can subtract shades of grey - when printing - but realy not add them. If they are gone (in a too hard neg.), they are really gone. This is also one of the reasons that the "contrast/brightness" tool is a dangerous tool. You loose information. Using "levels" or "shadow/highlight" is better. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 20. maj 2005 08:33 Til: [email protected] Emne: RE: Understanding exposure? Recommendations? Yes - those things are important for people who want to go on to become good printers. But you have to be able to walk before you can run. -- Cheers, Bob > > That's true, Bob. > But you are missing out good old techniques to increase > contrast by underexsposure/overdevelopment and decreasing > contrast by overexsposure/underdevelopment. > > > > I recommend slide film lab as a better medium for early > lessons in exposure. > There are too many variables involved in b&w development that > detract from the early important stuff about exposure. >
