Whatever... I put Tri-X in my camera. I set the film speed dial to 1600. I tell the boys at the lab that I pushed it two stops. I get it back, and it looks pretty (not my pictures, but the exposure, anyway!).
That's all I need to know! ;-) regards, frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I do not recognize the legitimacy > of the term "push processing", because of the implication that > goes along with the term that somehow we are getting a film > speed increase. > > William, > > I suppose I understand most of what you're saying. However, I've never been under >the impression that "pushing" film in developing is a speed increase and honestly I >doubt most folks believe this or misinterpret the idea that grossly. Of course, I >don't work in a lab so I have no idea what the casual "john q" photographer believes >about the process of developing but as I say I've never come across anyone familiar >with "push" that thinks they are somehow getting more inherent "speed" from their >film (somehow "magically" in the development stage). > > My question was more direct than theoretical. Perhaps I should have said, "what does >this 800 speed film look like rated at 1600, developed normally or left in the soup a >bit longer." > > Brendan MacRae > - > 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 . -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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 .
