Re: Getting That Old fashioned Glow


On May 29, 2005, at 10:35 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

Before anti-halation backing, it was easy to get a nice glow around white
or bright objects in a scene. I've not had any luck recently when trying
that with the contemporary B&W films. Any suggestions on how to do this
(outside of Photoshop and Digital Trickery)?
Shel


Start with an old uncoated or single coated lens. Then you can try things like stretching a stocking in front of it. Different colors , black, tan, white etc, will give you different results. Look for a Mitchell softening filter (Pancro). They were very popular during the 30-70's. You could try using a very light blue filter to emulate the spectral response of older stocks. I think that right out of the can certain EFKE films will take care of that part. Use old style emulsions like Agfa APX100/400, Plus-X, Tri-X, Efke etc films. None of these are the same as they were decades ago, but it's better than nothing. Develop your film in period developers like Rodinal, D23. I think D76 came out just before the war (the big one). If you are doing portrait work, pay attention to period lighting.

feli

Here is an example:

Bausch&Lomb Super Baltar 75mm
http://tinyurl.com/aeyyu


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