Re: densitometer problem; new Kodak packaging and labelling

>Hi Shannon,
>
>I assume you bought it from Ed Pass in NYC? What's the model #, is it a
>MacBeth, B&W or color, reflection or transmission? If your tablet a BW
>tablet on silver film it should not fade, color test materials will
>fade.

I just talked to hiim on the phone. It seemed that I needed to
recalibrate with the very dense piece of film that comes with the
densitometer. After I did that, the readings sort of normalized.

--shannon

>
>-greg schmitz
>
>
>On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, shannon stoney wrote:
>
>> I have an old, used densitometer that I got from Mr Pass about three
>> years ago. It looks like it might be from the seventies. Recently,
>> it has been giving me different readings than it did at first, off
>> the same step tablet. I calibrated it, but still, the readings toward
>> the bottom are pretty off, whereas the ones on the higher steps are
>> about the same as they used to be. Can step tablets "fade"? Or is
>> my densitometer in need of repair?
>>
>> Speaking of sensitometry: does the new Kodak terminology for films,
>> and the new packaging, mean that the times will all be different for
>> films like Tri-X in its sheet film form? What used to be called TXT
> > is now apparently called TXP or sometimes 320 TXP.
> >
> > --Shannon
> >
Received on Wed Nov 5 14:59:26 2003