I agree wholeheartedly with Paul. Getting exposure right for non-middletoned subjects is a skill that must be learned and practiced when using slide film. Most slide film is very unforgiving and 1 stop off the correct exposure is very noticeable. And as Pul mentioned, what you get back cannot be changed through the printing porocess (there isn't one) as with print film.
On the other hand I've found that getting a decent negative with B&W is very easy when using Tri-X. I love the stuff. Hey, if I can develop it anybody can...... Christian On Monday 15 April 2002 18:16, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > Please don't take this as condescending ... is there any real skill > > involved in getting a decent negative or slide from color film? > > -- > > Hi Shel, > Quite obviously, color transparencies require more precise exposure than > any other film type, since they are the finished product. Unlike > negative film, either BW or color, there is no intermediate step where > corrections can be made. And transparency films generally don't have the > latitude of a multi-purpose BW filmm like Tri-X. You can't change paper > grades or enlarger exposure when working with transparency film. What's > on the film is what you get. There's a lot of real skill involved. > Paul - 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 .
