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Optimizing B&W film development for both digital and traditional darkroom

Optimizing B&W film development for both digital and traditional darkroom

2005-06-20 by peterzakos

As a general rule, when developing B&W negs for both scanning and 
traditional darkroom which paper grade (i.e. II or III) would it be 
preferable to standardize my film development?  In other words,
should 
I develop my negs for a lower or higher contrast?
Many thanks in advance to all who share their time and experiance in 
answering my question.
Peter.

Re: [Digital BW] Optimizing B&W film development for both digital and traditional darkroom

2005-06-20 by Mark Savoia

I would do it for the total tonal range available from the film/ 
developer combination. Then make you judgement for contrast later in  
your scan and in PhotoShop.
Mark

On Jun 20, 2005, at 10:52 AM, peterzakos wrote:

> As a general rule, when developing B&W negs for both scanning and
> traditional darkroom which paper grade (i.e. II or III) would it be
> preferable to standardize my film development?  In other words,
> should
> I develop my negs for a lower or higher contrast?
> Many thanks in advance to all who share their time and experiance in
> answering my question.
> Peter.
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Re: [Digital BW] Optimizing B&W film development for both digital and traditional darkroom

2005-06-20 by Stephen Petegorsky

Peter - Not to be difficult, but I think the answer to your question will
have a lot to do with both the enlarger that  you're using for wet printing
and the scanner you're using.

A negative that prints easily with a condenser enlarger will not print the
same way with a cold-light head.  By the same token, different scanners have
different light sources that may make for a scan with more or less contrast
to begin with.  

Since you have less control in the darkroom, my suggestion would be to make
negatives whose exposure and development allow you to make wet prints on a
2.5 or 3 paper grade, and then adjust your scanning to best capture the
range of tones.

What's tricky is that underexposure is what easily kills negatives for wet
printing, and overexposure or overdevelopment can make a negative very hard
to scan.

Re: [Digital BW] Optimizing B&W film development for both digital and traditional darkroom

2005-06-20 by Allan Chen

I think it is always preferable to standardize your development.  The 
hard part is figuring out what standard to use.

I am not particularly advanced when it comes to scanning.  I am still 
trying to get through all the information out there about doing this, 
scanning as a positive, using RAW, etc.  It's sad that I haven't spent 
that much time on it yet, but it's the truth.

Therefore, I have built together my own methods.  I do try for the 
maximum tonality I can get, but there aren't many methods that will save 
shadow detail that is being minimized from underexposure _and_ 
highlights that are being blown from overdevelopment.  I can often use 
film/dev profiles in Vuescan to get more out of one end than I otherwise 
would have, allowing for a bit of "sloppy" technique, but I can't handle 
both.

Therefore, I usually err on the side of underdevelopment at first.  I 
lock in an EI that works for most of the profiles in Vuescan, then I 
extend development until I get a nice, full histogram.

That's my method.  Works for me so far.  Makes working in Photoshop 
easier.  I'm satisfied until I get through all the other info.

allan

Mark Savoia wrote:
> I would do it for the total tonal range available from the film/ 
> developer combination. Then make you judgement for contrast later in  
> your scan and in PhotoShop.
> Mark
> 
> On Jun 20, 2005, at 10:52 AM, peterzakos wrote:
> 
> 
>>As a general rule, when developing B&W negs for both scanning and
>>traditional darkroom which paper grade (i.e. II or III) would it be
>>preferable to standardize my film development?  In other words,
>>should
>>I develop my negs for a lower or higher contrast?
>>Many thanks in advance to all who share their time and experiance in
>>answering my question.
>>Peter.
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Re: [Digital BW] Optimizing B&W film development for both digital and traditional darkroom

2005-06-20 by Brian Ellis

>As a general rule, when developing >B&W negs for both scanning and
>traditional darkroom which paper grade >(i.e. II or III) would it be
>preferable to standardize my film >development?  In other words,
>should
>I develop my negs for a lower or higher >contrast?

It depends in part on how serious you are about tailoring your negatives to 
suit a particular scene and on how much, if any, testing you're willing to 
do.

Ideally you base your development time on the contrast in the scene and on 
how you want the print to look, i.e. shorter time = lower contrast which you 
might want for a scene in which the subject brightness range exceeds the 
ability of the film to hold detail in the dark and bright areas, longer time 
= higher contrast, which you might want for a "flat" scene that you think 
would look better when printed with more contrast than the scene possesses.

The times needed to accomplish this are determined by testing and you can 
learn how by reading a couple chapters in any of several books. The easiest 
one to follow IMHO is Fred Picker's book "Zone VI Workshop" or if that isn't 
available Ansel Adams' book "The Negative" is also good.

The above methodology is feasible if you're using sheet film since only then 
can you develop each negative separately. It isn't feasible if you're using 
roll film since obviously each negative on a roll must be developed the same 
way. If you're using roll film (or if you're using sheet film but don't want 
to do any reading or testing) then for starters set your film speed at half 
the rated speed and develop for 20% less than the manufacturer's recommended 
time.  By cutting the film speed in half you should insure that you'll have 
detail in the shadow areas and by cutting the time by about 20% you should 
reduce the likelihood of blown out highlights.

See how that works with some typical photographs. If your negatives 
consistently tend to look too dense in the highlights then reduce your 
development time by another 10% or so. If they look underexposed in the 
highlights increase your development time by another 10% or so.  It 
shouldn't take long to come up with a single development time that works 
reasonably well for most of your negatives. Of course you need to be sure 
that you use the same temperature and agitation method every time.
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Subject: [Digital BW] Optimizing B&W film development for both digital and 
traditional darkroom


As a general rule, when developing B&W negs for both scanning and
traditional darkroom which paper grade (i.e. II or III) would it be
preferable to standardize my film development?  In other words,
should
I develop my negs for a lower or higher contrast?
Many thanks in advance to all who share their time and experiance in
answering my question.
Peter.




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Re: [Digital BW] Optimizing B&W film development for both digital and traditional darkroom

2005-06-20 by Scott McLoughlin

In my experience, scanners like lower contrast, thinner negatives. 
Definitely
applies to my Coolscan V. I've moved toward dilute developers (HC-110,
Acutol, Rodinal) and minimal agitation (typically 1 inversion every 2 
minutes),
and have been very happy with the scans. Denser negs block up highlights
and make for very grainy scans.

For wet printing, A&T in the Cookbook also state that for 135 format 
films, at
least, one should aim for the "minimum exposure and minimum development 
that
still gives adequate shadow detail" (paraphrase from memory), and mention
printing on grade III.

Scott

Mark Savoia wrote:
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>I would do it for the total tonal range available from the film/ 
>developer combination. Then make you judgement for contrast later in  
>your scan and in PhotoShop.
>Mark
>
>On Jun 20, 2005, at 10:52 AM, peterzakos wrote:
>
>  
>
>>As a general rule, when developing B&W negs for both scanning and
>>traditional darkroom which paper grade (i.e. II or III) would it be
>>preferable to standardize my film development?  In other words,
>>should
>>I develop my negs for a lower or higher contrast?
>>Many thanks in advance to all who share their time and experiance in
>>answering my question.
>>Peter.
>>
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RE: [Digital BW] Optimizing B&W film development for both digital and traditional darkroom

2005-06-21 by Ken Carney

Peter,

Are you shooting large format, or roll film such as 120 or 35mm?  If you are
shooting 35mm, you'll want to stay away from dense or especially
"bullet-proof" negs.  One of the great attractions of TriX in 35mm is that
you have to do something really terrible in exposure, to get a negative you
can't print.  But, that's not true with scanning - a dense 35mm neg can be
difficult to scan.  If you are enlarging with a diffusion source such as a
dichro or cold-light head and get good prints with no. 2-3 grade, you should
be OK for scanning.  If you are shooting large format, it is much more
forgiving to scan within reason.  With LF I would stay away from staining
developers such as pyro, since those can be really difficult to scan.
Probably the best 35mm scans I have are from Kodak C-41 process b&w film,
but it is not archival and is difficult to print in the darkroom.

  --ken 
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> Subject: [Digital BW] Optimizing B&W film development for 
> both digital and traditional darkroom
> 
> As a general rule, when developing B&W negs for both scanning 
> and traditional darkroom which paper grade (i.e. II or III) 
> would it be preferable to standardize my film development?  
> In other words, should I develop my negs for a lower or 
> higher contrast?
> Many thanks in advance to all who share their time and 
> experiance in answering my question.
> Peter.    
> 
> 
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