Re: Brush development of palladium prints. RE: Potassium Oxalate developer for Platinum printing

From: Sandy King <sanking_at_clemson.edu>
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 20:38:19 -0400
Message-id: <a06020439c07da8b8a2ea@[192.168.2.2]>

Terry,

Then I must assume you have never actually printed a 21 or 31 step
transmission wedge of log 3.0 in palladium and actually measured the
densities step by one of the steps at paper base white.

Sandy

>In a message dated 3/5/06 12:05:49 am, sanking@clemson.edu writes:
>
>>
>>Normal wet processing would not allow you to use more than about
>>log 2.2 or 2.4 of the scale. However, the curve of good digital
>>negative systems such as PDN allows you to use every single one of
>>these steps.
>>
>>
>
>
>Sandy
>
>That does not make either physical or chemical sense.
>
>It is the platinum that imposes the limitation, not the negative..
>
>It is you who has fallen into the trap of allowing yourself to be
>blinded by this obsession with curves.
>
>Terry
Received on 05/02/06-06:39:09 PM Z

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