RE: Poor man's negatives
Phritz, You can answer your own question about process density range by print a film (not digital) step tablet made by Stouffers. If you don't have one (or several of these) you need to plan on purchasing and learning to use them - especially if you plan to print with digitally enlarged negatives. By doing so you will save yourself time and money in the long run. Don -----Original Message----- From: phritz phantom [mailto:phritz-phantom@web.de] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 7:14 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: Poor man's negatives 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. (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. >
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