gevalia
3-Oct-2009, 13:50
Guys,
I was given a "very" few 4x5 sheets of various portras today from someone that was going to throw them out. Before he left, I forgot to ask what if he used box speed or not and what range these negative films have.
So I did a little research and was wondering if you had any thoughts. Obviosly I would send these out for processing and since I have only 2 sheets of each in the boxes, I don't have enough for formal testing. Just a lets-see-what-we-get thing.
I have : 160NC, 160VC, and 400NC. None have expired yet and were fridged.
I figured I would try both 160's at 100 and the 400 at 200. Thoughts? I'm just venturing into color negatives (shot a little Velvia in April) and wondering about the range of these films. Do color negatives have the same range of B&W negs (say TMAX400)?
Also, looks like reciprocity comes into play after 10 seconds. Does anyone have a cheap sheet they work from?
Thanks,
Ron
I was given a "very" few 4x5 sheets of various portras today from someone that was going to throw them out. Before he left, I forgot to ask what if he used box speed or not and what range these negative films have.
So I did a little research and was wondering if you had any thoughts. Obviosly I would send these out for processing and since I have only 2 sheets of each in the boxes, I don't have enough for formal testing. Just a lets-see-what-we-get thing.
I have : 160NC, 160VC, and 400NC. None have expired yet and were fridged.
I figured I would try both 160's at 100 and the 400 at 200. Thoughts? I'm just venturing into color negatives (shot a little Velvia in April) and wondering about the range of these films. Do color negatives have the same range of B&W negs (say TMAX400)?
Also, looks like reciprocity comes into play after 10 seconds. Does anyone have a cheap sheet they work from?
Thanks,
Ron