On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Don't change the developer mix or the development time. Change the > exposure time.
I'm hoping that a contrast filter should also help me out by cutting back some of the light reacing the paper, too. > Unfiltered MG paper is somewhere around 0 or -1. It's very low contrast > and will produce muddy prints with normal negatives. I think this is what I expected to hear, and I'm surprised i haven't yet. I'm glad to know that I can point more to teh paper and less to my often-less-than-ideal exposed negs. The greater bulk of my 4x5 stuff was done before I really came to full realization that film speeds, especially in sheet film, are fantasy numbers. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio.
