The advantage of restraining highlights with Rodinal stand development has everything to do with developing the shadows to completion. This in fact is very different than pulling development with a...
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The advantage of restraining highlights with Rodinal stand development has everything to do with developing the shadows to completion. This in fact is very different than pulling development with a...
Are submissions sent as digital files or do we snail mail silver halide prints?
How do you confirm that submissions are in fact "analog", "traditional" or whatever you wanna call it?
Dude, did you read the thread before shooting off? Luis prints B/W:p
Hi, Luis,
My CLS 1000 does have a UV filter.
Since your Roscoe ND gel is going underneath the mixing box, it will not be in a direct path with the CLS 301's two bulbs - heat will have no...
Hi, Luis,
As I understand it, the UV filter is there for color printing as color papers are sensitive to UV radiation. Though the tungsten halogen bulbs only emit a small (2%) amount of UV light,...
You're best off using Lee ND gel - .9 will give you a three stop reduction.
I too have been storing paper, both b/w fb and ra-4, and film in a plain jane chest freezer, no humidity control afaik. Sealed bags, humidity control - phooey! The only protocol I've followed has...
If you're an experienced color printer, you'll want the temp control that a RT can bring you. The fujimoto can hold the baths at +/- .10 degrees f. Good luck trying to do that in trays or rotary...
I haven't watched the Butcher make prints so I can't comment on his technique. As for equipment, you don't need much more than you probably already have to make murals as good as your small prints...
You would be unwise to "omit rolling" in this process. Flat wet paper has the rigidity of a wet noodle and will crimp when handling in more ways than you can now imagine. There is no benefit at all...
LTI in nyc. Best c-41 in the business, by a long-shot. They scan using a eversmart supreme super flatbed.
I like the c-stands w/ removable turtle bases - easier to store, ship, throw in your truck, etc... plus you have a Junior receiver short boy stand should you ever need it. Either matthews or avenger...
FYI...
Kodak Ektacolor RA Developer Replenisher RT is the equivalent to EU Kodak Ektacolor Prime Developer Replenisher LU. Different cat. #'s, different markets, same product. This was confirmed...
Very interested in seeing your results, Mups.
I hear you mups. However I respectfully disagree with you regarding "unlimited possibilities offered by digital". Just to be clear, I'm limiting my discussion to color balancing and proper exposure...
My experience regarding the seeming anomalous behavior of contemporary RA-4 in an analogue environment points to the inherent incompatibility of today's materials with exposures under the enlarger. ...
Agreed. I was merely pointing out that having an on-target control strip, whether it be a fuji strip through kodak chem. or vice versa, does not assure that you won't get the strange casts you...
Mups, interesting to finally read someone's account that mirrors my own. As demonstrated by your method and the examples you've posted, you clearly know what you're doing when it comes to the game...
Yes, advise the OP to push the film. Nothing better to do with an extreme subject brightness range like a lit storefront window at night than push the film, lol! That way you can get those...
Yeah, blown highlights and blocked shadows in night shots maybe what the OP is looking for, lol. As far as contrast - it'll be there no matter what.
While it may seem counter-intuitive, you will discover that you'll get much better results pulling the film rather than pushing. The brightness range of artificially lit night scenes is extreme. ...
Gray-greens and golds! That's so specific! ...and so difficult to reproduce. And you say that your gray-greens and golds are not candy colored? Holy shit! How'd you do it? By printing on fuji's...
Your report on your findings is woefully out of date. You won't be printing on Supra Endura or Fuji Super C as they were both discontinued about five years ago (see here for a discontinuance notice...
The link I posted is to a tech sheet for Fuji Crystal archive Type II. This is clear as day. Only a fool or someone who has something to hide would say otherwise. This much is not news though...
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Mottled blacks you say? Thin base? Clearly inferior when compared to premier? Sounds like European Ca in sheets is the same emulsion as CA-II here in the states. You are right, this is a budget...
TGtaylor - Your paper already shipped to the original address you supplied me with. Please let me know that it arrives safely.
Drew - your willful ignorance on this matter is confounding as...
Once again, CA II is a specific emulsion used only on one Fuji paper product in the US - CA II. CA II is not a "class of dyes", nor is it the same thing as Drew's roll of Fujiflex that he...
You are correct Drew, I've only used a handful of Fuji's paper offerings. However, I have printed under the enlarger with CAII (the paper that is still offered in cut sheets) and I can say this much...
I'm not sure where you get your info from. Fuji CA ii is Fuji's name for a singular product in their photographic paper catalogue. As I've stated before, it is Fuji's only consumer paper in their...
Hi, Thomas,
I have a few rolls of the Premier. Comparisons to Fuji CA-ii aren't fair as Ca-ii is cheap minilab paper.
A few things about premier...
It'll give you a solid black.
The...
You're right, Heroique, I got carried away there. Must be all the half-frame I've been shooting lately!
Having been to some swap meets in the US, I can confirm that Jody_S' observations are just as true here in Canada's poxy nether-regions. I think it safe to assume that all that got polished at these...
The faculty in the photo dept. where I used to work were not known for their morals. In fact quite the opposite, the less restrained you were by morals the more successful your career.
I've had mixed results with Jens. Sometimes he's the only guy in town who can help out. But I always hold my breath after making a purchase from him. My last transaction ended badly. He sold me a...
Sad news...
I have a spare 20" fujimoto RT machine that'll make color printing much more enjoyable for you. PM me if interested.
As far as analogue RA printing goes, I hate to say it but you missed the boat. Not that it can't be done, it just can't be done as easily as it could before the digital revolution. This is not only...
In the US the paper you're interested in is labeled Fujiflex (not Supergloss). It's manufactured and packaged at the Greenwood, S.C. factory where all the US marketed papers are manufactured (the...
Here's a list of what's currently available from Fuji USA… http://www.fujifilmusa.com/products/photofinishing/paper_lab_products/color_papers_printing_materials/preferred_paper/
If you're serious...