Re: [Digital BW] Developer for Efke 25
2005-12-15 by Jordan Wosnick
I m still using the same bottle I ve had since 2003. I find, in general, that negatives developed in Rodinal are difficult to scan (the grain is unduly
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Re: [Digital BW] Digest Number 3602
2005-12-15 by dwardphd@aol.com
Fuji Acros [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Spraying Hahnemuhle photo rag
2005-12-15 by Daniel Lee
Does anyone spray their photo rag prints (off an Epson 2200) - if so two questions: 1. What do you use specifically? 2. How long should I wait BEFORE spraying
Re: -s-S RE: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
2005-12-15 by hogarth@snappydsl.net
... You are already using a sharp film. The small increase in sharpness you get from decreasing your neg s Dmax a bit might be difficult to see, so don t be
RE: [Digital BW] Digital Vs. Film
2005-12-15 by John Moody
Yeah, and I see at least 30 horses from my bicycle every week.. Best regards, John Moody ... From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Re: [Digital BW] Original CIS in a 1280--can OEM cart chips be used?
2005-12-15 by Walt Mucha
Yes, but, you ll have to reset the chips using a resetter or you can buy self resetting chips from MIS. Regards, Walt
[Digital BW] Re: PMK Pyro - Also check Pyrocat-HD Formula
2005-12-15 by Christopher Lovi
In response to your streaking issue. Presoak your film with distilled water for 30 seconds or so. It will soften the emulsion enough so when developeer
Original CIS in a 1280--can OEM cart chips be used?
2005-12-15 by Tom Keesling
I m getting ready to reinstall my CIS (not the MIS CFS) on my 1280 with new carts. I didn t save the chips from the old carts. Can I simply use the chips from
Re: [Digital BW] Digital Vs. Film
2005-12-15 by dannysoar
... This isn t strictly speaking true. As they shut down the stables, up rooted the watering troughs &c. folks were more or less forced to get cars. Just now
Re: [Digital BW] Developer for Efke 25
2005-12-15 by dannysoar
So where are you getting Rodinal in these sorry times? David
Re: -s-S RE: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
2005-12-15 by Steve Gledhill
Thanks Bruce. I haven t really noticed that I m not quite getting the sharpness I could as I rarely print anywhere near the limit of a 5x4 scanned at
Re: -s-S RE: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
2005-12-15 by hogarth@snappydsl.net
... Ya. That s probably close enough that we d have trouble seeing it if we didn t actually make the prints ourselves. Since you are scanning, there is another
Re: -s-S RE: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
2005-12-15 by hogarth@snappydsl.net
... In theory it would also apply to CCD scanners. But I don t own the equipment to do the testing. Sorry. ... Almost certainly, scanner or not. Density
Re: -s-S RE: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
2005-12-15 by djon43
Lite debate :-) ... out ... Callier: interesting info. I m pretty sure my negs would always have seemed thin to people who didn t have much control over
Re: [Digital BW] Re: paper industry
2005-12-15 by hogarth@snappydsl.net
... For cases like this - where a retailer doesn t do anything other than rebrand an existing brand of paper, like (a fictional company) MyMediaMart wanting to
Re: -s-S RE: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
2005-12-15 by Steve Gledhill
Bruce, Does your thinner negs experience for scanning only apply to drum scanners or does it apply for all scanners? From what you say I guess it does,
Re: -s-S RE: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
2005-12-15 by john dean
I agree with all of that about thinner black and white negs working much better. One client of mine always brings me pretty dense tri x and t max medium format
[Digital BW] Re: paper industry
2005-12-15 by Greg
... Yes there are others, but I can t remember their names either. I know that the Inkjetart MC gloss and luster papers are the same as one of the Epson gloss
Re: -s-S RE: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
2005-12-15 by hogarth@snappydsl.net
... Ah, but they do. I m a drum scanner operator. I ve run a long series of tests with my own work using 5x4 Tri-X. Optimum for my scanner turns out to be what
Re: -s-S RE: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
2005-12-15 by djon43
I don t think scanners want thin negs, and it s certainly not right to say enlargers prefered dense negs. The use of dense and thin suggests earlier negs
[Digital BW] Re: paper industry
2005-12-15 by kenstrain2000
Yes, it should be no surprise that one of the manufacturers I had in mind was actually Hahnemuehle, and there are many examples of needless confusion
Re: Pyrocat-HD Formula
2005-12-15 by brouwerkent
... Curious about this statement, Costa. It has been my experience that I can get a much better density range in scanning than I could ever get in a
2200 and MIS Black Position Carts
2005-12-15 by brouwerkent
Question for you Epson experts. I am happily proofing on Ilford smooth pearl with UT7 inks with the Photo black. Prints looks great. I want to be able to
RE: [Digital BW] Pyrocat-HD Formula
2005-12-15 by Timothy Atherton
... Costa, I jsut got some Pyrocat to try with PL100 (as well as maybe HP5 which is my standard film) - what sort of times/speeds are you using tim a
Pyrocat-HD Formula
2005-12-15 by ccolbertbw
I have been using Pyrocat-HD for 4x5 for a couple of years. Works great with EFKE PL100. Relatively thin negatives work best for scanning, of course. Skies
Re: [Digital BW] Medium format film
2005-12-14 by Jonathan Borden
... I have used PMK for small format films (tank development) and ABC pyro for large format films (tray development by inspection). The 400 ASA T-grain type
Re: [Digital BW] Re: PMK Pyro - Also check Pyrocat-HD Formula
2005-12-14 by Louis de Stoutz
I ve been using PMK for years and I love it. The stock really keeps for many years! Unfortunately on 35mm I almost always get streaks from the perforation (not
Re: PMK Pyro - Also check Pyrocat-HD Formula
2005-12-14 by John Vitollo
Also check Pyrocat-HD Formula by Sandy King. I have not used it but it seems many switch to it from PMK Pyro: http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/PCat/pcat.html
PMK Pyro - here's a link
2005-12-14 by scott_now_coming
http://www.photoformulary.com/DesktopModules/StoreProductDetails.aspx? productID=89&tabid=9&tabindex=2&categoryid=31&selection=0&langID=0 ... of 50) ... pyro
Re: [Digital BW] Medium format film
2005-12-14 by scott_now_coming
Paul, I used to use a pyro developer called (I think) PMK. It was sold by Photographers Formulary. This particular pyro develolper would last as long as it was
RE: [Digital BW] Developer for Efke 25
2005-12-14 by Paul Roark
For a good description of this and other films, see http://www.dr5.com/filmprintout.html For technical data on developing Efke, see
Re: [Digital BW] Developer for Efke 25
2005-12-14 by santonov2you
I was shooting Efke 25 @ 12 and developed in Rodinal 1+100 9 min @70F. You could see the result here http://www.flickr.com/photos/santonov/51812617/. Very nice
Re: [Digital BW] Developer for Efke 25
2005-12-14 by Jordan Wosnick
The grain of Efke 25 is so fine that I don t think you need to worry about fine-grain developers. Rodinal 1+50 works for me -- I believe I developed for 4.5
Developer for Efke 25
2005-12-14 by Richard Smallfield
Hello, various developers are recommended for Efke 25 - can someone please tell me which one would give the finest grain? As I ll be scanning it, I can of
Re: film for medium format scanning
2005-12-14 by dlruckus
I too use color neg for most work these days and for the same reasons. Even across various film sizes it works well. I am sitting right now about 4 ft from a
Re: [Digital BW] Re: film for medium format scanning
2005-12-14 by Allan Chen
... color from the same frame. Well, I can t do anything about the loss of doing color & bw from a single frame, but I very much have customized my development
Re: film for medium format scanning
2005-12-14 by Frank Kolwicz
Josh, I work with almost identical hardware and subjects. In my case landscape and nature close-ups are printed from Kodak Portra 160 films (NC or VC) with a
Re: film for medium format scanning
2005-12-14 by Clayton Price
Josh - For me, about 5 or 6 years ago, I stopped using any B&W film, and switched to Ektachrome for my 6X9 B&W landscapes (and most other things that I plan to
Re: Kodak Polymax Fine Art
2005-12-14 by Tim Atherton
... yep - pretty much screwed with kodak paper now... there are probably a bunch of smaller stores with lower turnover that have some on the shelves (wouldn t
RE: [Digital BW] Medium format film
2005-12-14 by Paul Roark
Mike, ... What pyro formula or source do you use? I ve been thinking a staining developer may be the way to go also (when my Tech Pan runs out). That
Kodak Polymax Fine Art
2005-12-14 by john dean
Is there any of this Polymax g.silver fiber paper left in the US? I have a client that is desperate to finish a project with it and couldn t find any in NY at
Medium format film
2005-12-14 by mtiktinsky
I have found that Fuji Neopan Acros (rated at 100, use at an IE of 50) and Neopan 400 (rated and shot at an IE of 400), developed in pyro and scanned in with a
Re: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
2005-12-14 by Jordan Wosnick
You might give XP2 Super a try -- it has a very smooth look and scans nicely. Someone else mentioned Efke 25 -- it s great also. I have a number of 11x14s
Re: -s-S RE: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
2005-12-14 by john dean
What about large format like 4x5. I ve been using Tri-X so long I haven t learned how to ask for anything else. It definitely not thin. John ... many years in
Re: [Digital BW] Fungi (was Digital Vs. Film)
2005-12-14 by garethjolly
Actually, while we re on this topic, I might just tap into the collective knowledge. A few months ago I had a problem with green stains when I developed my Tri
Re: [Digital BW] re: clear sleeves
2005-12-14 by Arthur Fink
... clearbags.com has both kinds -- at prices much better than Light Impressions! Great people to deal with. A r t h u r F i n k P h o t o g r a p h y
Re: [Digital BW] Digital Vs. Film
2005-12-14 by Ernst Dinkla
... The squatted houses I used to live in when most of my B&W negs were made were damp as well. Though I remember a visit to London in 1968 that told me that
Re: -s-S RE: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
2005-12-14 by Tyler Boley
I personally like the chromo Ilford film XP2 and have used it for many years in 120, but others who ve tried it on my recommendation have not liked it. I m
Re: [Digital BW] Clear Sleeves
2005-12-14 by Martin Carrington
Thanks everyone for your help on this - I will follow up on the leads! Regards Martin
Re: -s-S RE: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
2005-12-14 by james@redweather.com
I, ... Scanners like different things than enlargers. They far prefer thin film to dense, for instance- the opposite of the choice for enlarging. It may even