[pure-silver] Re: Kodak sells sensor business
- From: "BOB KISS" <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:57:49 -0400
DEAR ERIC,
I tray process up to 4 sheets of 8X10 at a time in PMK with no
problems and, unless you have a VERY big Jobo, I don't think it will handle
more than that. Given this, I never bothered buying a Jobo and stuck with
PMK. I also use Pyrocat HD sometimes for my other subjects shot with 8X10
(and smaller formats) and have loved the results both for scanning and
printing with PT-PD. I agree with you that Pyro HD seems to yield more
printing contrast than is apparent to the PMK experienced eye.
I agree that there is sizeable confusion over the dilutions but,
as always, why not narrow down your favorite film stock(s) to your very
favorites and "Test, baby, test!" different dilutions/times till you get
what gives you your best prints.
Lastly, I have speakers in the darkroom on which I play on-line
baroque music or Chopin so I don't want the sound of a processing machine
interrupting my enjoyment and I am in hurry to finish any faster! ;-))
CHEERS!
BOB
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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Nelson
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 11:42 AM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Kodak sells sensor business
How do you process your sheet film? Do you use PMK in trays?
I switched a while back to pyrocat hd as it is recommended for rotary, which
I use, and am happy with it, although I never made a direct comparison
w/PMK. Haven't run any 8x10 in any pyro formula in some time but
experienced unevenness using a Jobo & PMK years ago as well as with 120
films. I would dump and refill w/new developer 1/2-way through the process
for the oxidation, presoak etc.
I used to process w/PMK with the original recommendation of using the used
developer as an after bath after fixing, which is no longer recommended, and
it created an extreme blockage of UV for palladium et al. I've not tried a
pyrocat hd neg w/palladium.
The one downside of pyrocat is there's no centralized, authoritative source
of dev. times online that I've found and the application of 1:1:100 vs
2:2:100 dilutions has never been clear to me. Some sites I see 2:2:100
being applied for silver and others I saw saying that 2:2:100 was only for
'alt'.
e
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From: BOB KISS <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 7:49 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Kodak sells sensor business
DEAR ALL,
My book BARBADOS CHATTEL HOUSES which will be launched here in
Barbados on Nov 29th has more than 115 fine art b&w photos, 99% made with
8X10 Tri-x processed in PMK. When I was about to restock the 8X10 that I
used to get in 50 sheet boxes, I was told that it was only available in 10
sheet boxes driving the price way above the grant money that I had received.
So, I tried Ilford HP5 PLUS and got some lovely results in PMK. It printed
well in platinum-palladium (the medium in which prints of the images from
the book are available) and scanned beautifully to create the file that the
printer used for the book.
As my previous incarnation as an advertising and fashion photog I
had always been a Kodak fan due more to their quality control than the
quality of their films. They were reliable and, given the financial (and
reputation) risks involved in shoots, I just couldn't afford a problem. I
do recall the time that I foolishly tried some Ilford film (without testing
it first: Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa maxima!) to shoot a VIP from the
Metropolitan Opera. The Ilford Tech Rep had given me the film to try out as
he was hoping to get some business. Because they had changed printers on
the medium format backing paper, there were some printing effluents left in
the 120 backing paper that desensitized the film in specific areas and
resulted in the frame numbers etc showing up on my negs as reduced density
areas making the negs unprintable. I never touched Ilford film again until
I could afford to risk losing personal photos.
However, I have had excellent results with the 8X10 HP5 PLUS. And I
am thinking of getting those negs out of storage and seeing if I can fix
them in Frotoshop. What a surprise for that VIP...30 years later!!!
CHEERS!
BOB
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