Re: Pyro Developers

Hello Carl,
I totally agree- using those large cameras are fun and easy- especially if
one is far-sighted.
Susan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Weese" <cweese@earthlink.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 5:59 AM
Subject: Re: Pyro Developers

>
> >Do this test.
>
> Sandy
>
> That's all well and good for testing resolution, but I for one (making
> direct contact prints from large format negatives) don't much care about
> resolution--there's more than enough to go around. I think a great deal of
> time is wasted by photographers chasing around after "sharpness"--almost
as
> much as is wasted chasing "dmax". I'm much more concerned with tone,
> especially the ability to distinguish very fine tonal differences in a
print
> while maintaining, if needed, a short overall range. For this, I find that
> pyro-stained negatives are better than MQ negatives. Some pyro formulas
are
> better at it than others. Not every picture will be markedly better using
> pyro, but my estimate is that maybe 7 out of 10 will be.
>
> Basically I work on the premise of productive laziness. I use large and
> ultra-large format cameras because I'm lazy: they make it easier to get
good
> prints. I put on gloves and use pyro negative development for the same
> reason--it makes it easier to get good Pt/Pd prints.
>
> ---Carl
>
>
Received on Sun Apr 4 15:22:37 2004