From: Hamish Stewart (hamish@gumphoto.fsnet.co.uk)
Date: 06/11/02-01:28:51 AM Z
On 10/6/02 15:52, "Kris Erickson" <kerickso@acs.ryerson.ca> wrote:
> I've used Maco film--it's imported from a German company (
> http://www.mahn.net/ ). I wasn't very impressed, but managed to push it to
> something reasonable for cyanotype. I used it in high-concentration Rodinal
> (10:1) for four to five minutes for a book my fiance and I did (e.g.
> http://imagearts.ryerson.ca/kerickson/cyano1.html ). I'm not sure that it's
> lith, tho'. It seems to have "pseudo-lith" properties---but I'm not really
> able to say.
> kris
>
What you say is interesting, I have found that Maco is much less contrasty
than other lith films I have used - a pseudo lith film perhaps. This is why
I have been struggling with it a bit I expected to have to reduce rather
than add contrast.
The book looks wonderful BTW!
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