Re: scala film for platinum/Palladium
Richard Knoppow (dickburk@ix.netcom.com)
Wed, 24 Dec 1997 00:07:00 -0800
At 02:16 AM 12/24/97 -0500, TERRY KING wrote:
>Message text written by Richard Ming
>> Scala film is beautiful
>for skin tones.However, shadow detail is a little muddy. Since not many
>people have used Scala film for platinum purpose, its hard to get any tip
>on this film. Would appreciate anyone's opinion on this film !<
>
>Richard
>
>Scala is really too contrasty for platinum prints. In US practice at 200
>ISO you will lose too much detail in the shadows. Pulled by four ot five
>stops it works quite well but you are likely to gry better results by
>exposing onto FP4 and contacting back to get the interpositive.
>
>YTerry King
>
How are you using Scala? Are you using it for the original photography
and making enlarged negatives from it?
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles,Ca.
dickburk@ix.netcom.com