On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, tom wrote: > Are they all at zero?
yes. > 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. > Thanks, I will try out these suggestions, I have lots of paper so I'll just have to waste more ;) I'll have to find a gallery or something, or ask the lab that I goto if they have any prints that I could see. Thanks - Chris -- Chris Murray /"\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN http://apeman.org/ X AGAINST HTML MAIL Cell: 604.861.8307 / \/ - 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 .
