Re: Getting That Old fashioned Glow
- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <scbelinkoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 03:23:58 -0700
Hi,
Thanks for your suggestions. I found J&C in Los Angeles has a number of
older style emulsions, including one or two that are supposed ti mimick to
some degree the old Super XX film. Tiffen has their Pro Mist line of
filters which, from what I can tell, are similar to the Mitchell filters,
and a lot easier to come by (although Mitchell filters are available).
Thanks for your suggestions. They got me to thinking more about the
problem ;-))
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From: Feli <feli2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 5/29/2005 11:13:56 AM
> Subject: 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)?
>
>
> 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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