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From: "Nick Wright"
Subject: Contrast control with b&w
Through a wonderful book given to me by a wonderful PDML member I've
been relearning the intricacies of b&w film.
One aspect that I didn't fully understand before was the whole
underexpose/overdevelop thing. But I get it this time around.
My question is this, does that same principle apply if I have the
films machine developed. In other words, under- or overexpose but then
have the negs developed "normally?"
No, you really have to be able to control the development as well, which
means custom processing. When I was running my darkroom as a business I
spent quite a bit of time working with several professional photographers,
figuring out what development routine was "normal" for their work.
Machine processing tends to equal over development.
William Robb
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