> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Murray > > > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, tom wrote: > > > Have you been playing with the magenta and yellow dials at all? > > > > How long are you leaving the print in the developer? Is > the developer > > mixed right? > > > > Maybe you're just not exposing long enough? > > I havn't played with the dials at all yet.
Are they all at zero? > I put the print in the > developer for 1min as per the instructions, I think it was > just my times, > I made a new test strip with some longer times as suggested > and everything > looks good. You probably need to play around with exposure and contrast. Take a neg and make a decent print, noting the time (X)...make another print at .65X, then one more at 1.5X. The .65x should look too light, the 1.5x one should be too dark. OTOH, you may decide your first one sucked and 1.4X is the way to go. Then dial in about 50 units of magenta and print one at 1.3X. This one should look contrasty. Dial out the magenta and dial in 50 units of yellow. Print that at 1.3X. This one should look flat. Don't do test strips here...look at the whole print, and don't be afraid to waste a little paper. If you're feeling adventurous, try developing the prints at 30, 60 and 120 seconds and see if those make any differences. That should give you an idea of what your head can do and how the various controls work. To figure out what a good print looks like, you need to go look at some decent prints. tv - 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 .
