As for a densitomiter, I don't own one either. I use my spot meter (with a
close up filter) and a 0.3 nutrel density filter to find my alternative
process film speeds. Why by equyipment that doesn't add to your "artistic"
output??????
Good luck, tomf2468@usa.pipeline.com (Tom Ferguson)
On Sat, May 4, 1996 7:17:20 AM, Clyde Soles wrote:
>Ouch, my head hurts ;-)
>
>In response to my request for suggested film/developer combos (thanks!) to
make
>in-camera negatives for platinum prints, a few folks suggested
overexposing and
>overdeveloping the negative. Dick Arentz however recommends (in his
booklet)
>underexposing one stop and developing 1 1/2 to 2 times normal (he uses
Tri-x Pro
>and D-76). He has also stated (in an interview) that he gives negs
destined for
>straight palladium more development than those for platinum/palladium.
>
>I know what a good silver neg should be but I have never seen a good neg
for
>platinum -- looking at a final print doesn't help much. I don't have a
>sensitometer so I'll just have to eyeball it. Though I've already bought
>supplies, I'm reluctant to even start in with printing til I've got
something
>decent to work with. Hope my newbie questions aren't boring you to tears.
>