Re: Poor man's negatives

[Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>]

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, phritz phantom wrote:

> hi judy,
> it is high contrast? i remember reading somewhere that it is known for it's 
> very long tonal scale, up to 18 steps or so.
Well, it's true parts of my memory have been eaten by worms... tho I've 
got that in print & will check before I make a serious mistake.. will get 
back to you on it...

J.





(i hope this is true, i didn't 
> re-check it, because i don't remember where i read it). am i making a mistake 
> here, connecting the number of steps with the contrast. a process with a long 
> scale would need a contrastier neg than one with a short one, doesn't it? 
> this is what i actually wanted to say: if my negs are fine for a process that 
> needs a contrasty neg, they are most likely good enough for all processes.
>
> nice to hear from you again. hope all is well.
> i think i never thanked you for sending me that extra info on making carbon 
> tissue. i'm sorry, i forgot. thanks a billion.
>
> phritz
>
>
> Judy Seigel schrieb:
> > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, phritz phantom wrote:
> >
> > , i can get dmax and paper white with the classic vandyke formula.
> > > since it's a notoriously low contrast process iirc, everything should be 
> > > fine.
> >
> > The last time I did VDB, which was admittedly a while ago, it was a high 
> > contrast process.
> >
> > J.