[pure-silver] Re: Comparing characteristic curves

Jeff

Image gradation is a combination of film AND paper characteristics. Your
idea, however, is very interesting, and that is why Chris and I did this in
general terms in our book Way Beyond Monochrome. We didn¹t look at a
specific film and paper but compared long, normal and short, toe and
shoulder materials.





Regards



Ralph W. Lambrecht

http://www.darkroomagic.com







On 2005-12-19 23:35, "Jeffrey Thorns" <puresilver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I don't own a densitometer, so I haven't really paid much attention
> to the curves of various films. But, I'm starting to believe it would
> be useful to develop a sort of mental association between a look and
> a curve.
> 
> So, does anyone have a recommendation about a website that shows,
> say, a single scene, shot with various films, and showing the
> accompanying curve for each film? I'd like to look at the curve for
> Tri-X (for example) and at the photograph, then the same scene with
> Acros' curve and at its photograph, so I can see that, say, 'a sharp
> shoulder looks like such-and-such, compared to a more stright-line
> curve'.
> 
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