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[Digital BW] Re: 2475 Recording Film grain: how ?

2005-01-28 by Djon

Sounds like a plan ! Nice to know there are still people out there who
remember Photography (capital "P")  :-)


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Peter De Smidt
<pdesmidt@T...> wrote:
> Djon wrote:
> 
> >It was very popular in the early Seventies due mostly to the "look"
> >which boiled down to the grain the incredibly long tonal scale.
> >
> I believe that HIE is a version of Kodak 2475 Recording Film. If you 
> wanted, you could shoot it without a filter and the effect should be 
> pretty close. If you want absolutely huge grain develop it in
Rodinal or 
> FX-1.  Alternately, try Bergger film and develop in the same
developers. 
> Giving a one-stop "push" will increase the grain at the cost of shadow 
> separation. Once you get the effect that you want, shoot a couple of 
> frames of a smooth, even-toned, light object. Scan the film. Now use 
> this on a layer over the image you want to use. Fade it to get the look 
> that you'd like.
> 
> -Peter

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