[pure-silver] Re: Any advice for purchase of densitometer.
- From: DarkroomMagic <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: PureSilverNew <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:23:09 +0100
I took a look at Chuck's images. The last one is really nice but the foggy
scene does not allow to make a statement about highlight separation. The
image from October definitely has trouble with highlight separation. It is
far too soft for my taste.
Maybe fixed-grade papers are the answer for pyro negatives. Is pyro really
worth the trouble, though?
Regards
Ralph W. Lambrecht
On 12/23/04 3:54 PM, "Peter De Smidt" <pdesmidt@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> DarkroomMagic wrote:
>
>> That's what I was afraid of. The pyro stain is the opposite of what I'm
>> after. Some photographers like the 'rolling-off' highlights; I prefer
>> brilliant, high-contrast highlights with maximized separation.
>>
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> I used PMK and Tri-X for a good while. I had problems getting good
> highlight separation when using VC papers. Yes, I did testing to try an
> fix this. It worked very well, though, for scenes of a very large
> brightness range. On the otherhand, Chuck Pere sent some very nice
> prints to the print exchange from Tmax 100 film developed in PMK.
>
> -Peter
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