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Re: a lot of over-exposed negatives: what to do?



<< That is, I thought my film speed was 320 for alt-process as for silver,  
and it's
 probably really closer to 400. >>

Shannon,

You are probably not using the term accurately because according to the 
description above, you should have underexposed, rather than overexposed, but 
even so, the difference would not be big at all as mentioned by others.

But if I remember correctly, your mentioned that your shadow area has quite 
high density, and it did sound like overexposure. Yes you can reduce 
development a little, but it probably won't change too much. Development 
affects contrast and only affect speed a little.

If I also remember correctly, you are talking about Tri-X. The real problem 
is Tri-X has shoulder, so your highlight might have been flattened. If 
because of the brightness range of the original subject, this has not been a 
problem, then you can still use your negatives for silver or alt. process. 
You simply need to expose more. The image might be a little grainy because of 
overexposure (and might lose a little sharpness depending on how much 
overexposure it is), but the tones should still be fine.


Dave S