kevin@amdcad.UUCP (Kevin OwWing) (09/11/84)
There has been a lot of recent talk about
films, both black&white and color. I'm curious
how many out in net land process their own film and
print there on slides and negs?
You can do lots of things with B&W as well as color
when it comes to processing as well as printing.
As for 5247, I used that for a short time when
I didn't have a lot of time to print, using the
slides as a 'proofsheet'. They were rarely of high
quality, but I won't necessarily blame the film, as
I had an outfit process them for me. Then again,
maybe I just didn't like them or don't know what
high quality is. I have never used 5247 for photos
that I thought were really important, always choosing
an appropriate slide or print film for the job.
Its been a long time since I've had the chance to
do some meaningful photo work. The last time I did
any experimenting was when I worked with kodak high
contrast copy film and tech pan film with Perfection
micrograin develpoer. Never took the time to perfect
the process, although I did have some very interesting
and practically grainless photos that could be enlarged
to well over 16X20. HCC was still a little too high
in contrast, the tech pan had reasonable dynamic range.
But the real question is, has anyone else experimented
with this stuff?
Back to color. It seems as though some of the new high
speed (>400) print films are getting much better in resolution
and grain quality, with kodak's VR1000 about as good as there
older CG400. Interesting... Also almost any print or slide
film can be pushed or pulled, but of course there will be shifts
in color balance and resolution and grain patterns. But sacrifices
must be made if the work requires ultra high speed and you only
have access to 'standard films'.
Enough babble. A parting question; Any opinions on 4X5 view
cameras? large format enlargers?
Thank you for your time and patience.
Kevin Ow-Wing @ AMDCAD (408) 749-2354
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