Re: to make enlarged negatives
Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Sat, 19 Oct 1996 01:47:54 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 17 Oct 1996, Strange Ross wrote:
> I have for some time been using Agfa's CS film which, I think, must be
> characterized as a lith film; in any case, it easily produces very
> contrasty positives (or negatives) Agfa's G5c developer. It has surprised
> me that the film apparently reproduces all intermediate tones quite
> faithfully (with proper development, and possibly an initial water bath),
> and that I can discern no 'lith effect'. Compared to Agfa's N31p the CS
> film has a much straighter characteristic near threshold; this means that
> where you would have to place your positive (or negative) somewhat up on
> the N31p curve (to avoid the reduced contrast near threshold), the CS film
> can be exposed right down to threshold. This, of course, again means that
> you can use shorter exposures for your alt-photo process.
>
The "CS" film may be another one of those items available in Europe & not
the states. Can anybody say for sure? Do you know what the CS stands
for? Can you tell us something about the film -- what it's made for,
etc.?
Judy