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Subject: Re: Little OT -- Polaroid 55

Subject: Re: Little OT -- Polaroid 55

2003-05-26 by HPA

THANK YOU BARBARA FOR THE BEST IDEA I HAVE HEARD ALL YEAR.  WHAT A GREAT
IDEA!!! THANKS!!!
Tom Robinson
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> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: 25 May 2003 18:28:32 -0000
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Digest Number 1536
> 
> Oh yes it is - at least it's the only film I use for proofing.
> Especially in architecture and interiors, it's necessary to know that
> you have good depth of field, and the negative is the only way to check
> it. I just rip it off and look at it with a loupe, no need to develop
> it or anything. Also, yes, it is contrastier than the film. However, if
> I want the transparency to look "like" the 55 positive, I underexpose
> the transparency one stop and push 1/2 and it get exactly what I want.
> Also, I shoot both Portra NC and VC negative films with it. If I want a
> print to look like the transparency (which looks like the polaroid) I
> use the VC. It's more contrasty.
> 
> But, Kevin is certainly right. The contrast of the positive is
> drastically different. You just have to get used to it.
> 
> Barbara
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