Neil, thanks much for that addditional tidbit. Will definitely follow up on it. Large format has so many potentials for error that anything that fosters simplicity and learning the craft is important to accomodate. Andre
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Neil, thanks much for that addditional tidbit. Will definitely follow up on it. Large format has so many potentials for error that anything that fosters simplicity and learning the craft is important to accomodate. Andre
Andre, Neil's right about holding the print up to a light source...some folks call this "candling the print"...and it's another way to evaluate the exposure. It's one thing to remember if you're viewing the print & the highlights look great, but the shadows are a little inky...try backlighting it & see if there's anything in them. you can use the neg for this too, just a bit. You'll get the hang of it after awhile...good luck. BTW, Polaroid used to offer a little how-to guide on proofing with their materials, I can't remember if it was in the old "Test" magazine, or what, but alot of that stuff is available online now. I use type 55 for other things too, like making internegs under a color enlarger, and making some quickie interpositives too (for b&w transfers) and it's pretty versatile stuff.
Great. Nice additional tip. I'll definitely refer back to this thread once I start playing with this material, which will be soon. Andre
For what this might be worth (maybe not much, because I don't use 55:(), but Michael Freeman, in his 'Studio Manual', revised, sez of this film "The rating for this positive/negative film [55,665]is ISO 50 for the print, but ISO 32 if you want a properly exposed negative." I seem to need to derate 669 and 59 about a stop, but I'm new at this and I'm still (re)learning how to use a lightmeter!