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Original message from Sandy King <sanking@clemson.edu>: --------------
> > Just want to thank Dave Soemarko for his LC-1B
formula, which I just > used for the first time this evening in an
attempt to do some BTZS > type testing with a Kodak Ortho lith film.
I had forgotten about this > formula and did some initial tests with
various other formulas, with > very bad results. > >
Then I remembered Dave's work on the formula that was published in >
Post Factory, and in the book by Christopher James. So I went to >
James, got the formula and mixed up the soup. It really worked great.
> You have to really test this lith film carefully because it is
> trigger happy in terms of contrast, but with a bit of work I was
able > to derive data that should allow me to expose the film in the
f ield > over a fairly wide range of SB R and develop for continuous
tone. > > I might mention that the immediate reason for this
testing lies in > the fact that I just took delivery on a new Richard
Ritter 20X24" > camera. Very rigid, with a full range of movements,
and weighs 23 > lbs! I have some continuous tone film on hand but at
the current > price I thought it might be interesting to get used to
the camera > with lith film, which is much less expensive. And as
luck would have > it, I have a couple hundred sheets of Kodak Ortho
lith film, so that > is what I am experimenting with. With the very
good success I have > had with the Soemarko LC-1B formula I figure in
a day or two I will > be ready to load the new featherweight camera
in the SUV and hit the > trails. > > BTW, if anyone is
interested in seeing pictures of the feather weight > 20X24, go here,
> http:/
/www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=31245 >
> Also note the round photography in the background of all three
> pictures. That photograph is a portrait of me made by the famous
> photographer Sam Wang. > > > > Sandy
King > > >