Thanks Scott for sharing. I'm usually doing 6:30 versus 8:00 for my standard developer and rating at 80. I'm using a more modern lens and shutter combo so I guess I should do a series of tests and settle on what works best for me.
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Thanks Scott for sharing. I'm usually doing 6:30 versus 8:00 for my standard developer and rating at 80. I'm using a more modern lens and shutter combo so I guess I should do a series of tests and settle on what works best for me.
If you have a multicoated lens, it's as much as a stop faster than an "old fashioned) lens. I've used Packard Shutters for about 70 years, and it is the most reliable and consistent shutter I've ever used. The secound best shutter I've ever used is a Compound. Note that both of these are air operated ("Pnuematic"). With the Packard, it is important to use a stiff hose. This helps the repeatability of times considerably. Automobile vacuum hose is what I use. If you must use plastic hose, keep it short. Like a foot or eighteen inches. There is no need to "guess at how long the Packard is open. "One chimpanzee" is as close to one second as any mechanical shutter can get. The word "click-uh" is a fifth of a second, "click" a tenth. Hope this information is helpful to you two guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by angusparker
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Kayt by Lee Smathers, on Flickr
Kayt
Taken With:
8x10 Korona, 12" Goerz Dagor
Fuji HR-A (Green Sensitive X-Ray)
Processed with:
Rodinal 1:100 for 4 min. in tanks and hangers
8x10 Contact Print on:
Fomabrom 111, D-72 1:2 2 min. + Moersch MT1 1:10 2 min.
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Assisted Self Portrait #03 by Lee Smathers, on Flickr
Assisted Self Portrait #03
Taken With:
8x10 Korona, 12" Goerz Dagor
Fuji HR-A (Green Sensitive X-Ray)
Processed with:
Rodinal 1:100 for 4 min. in tanks and hangers
8x10 Contact Print on:
Fomabrom 111, D-72 1:2 2 min. + Moersch MT1 1:10 2 min.
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Damodaran by Lee Smathers, on Flickr
Damodaran
Taken With:
8x10 Korona, 12" Goerz Dagor
Fuji HR-A (Green Sensitive X-Ray)
Processed with:
Rodinal 1:100 for 4 min. in tanks and hangers
8x10 Contact Print on:
Fomabrom 111, D-72 1:2 2 min. + Moersch MT1 1:10 2 min.
My first! Fuji green, D23, 1:6, stand developed for 12 min. I just scanned it wet, still in the hanger,
against the sky, with my digital Nikon, to see what I had. The scene had quite a bit of range, and
this handled it well, I think. I was surprised!
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xray1 by michael.darnton, on Flickr
Well it has been a while. This was a test image. I was using some old carbon tissue poured well before my move. 8x10 carbon print.
Wow Lee! Your portraits are awesome. Are these image from scanned prints?
Can you share any tip on contact printing X-ray film to Silver Gelatin Paper? Filters, Time, etc :D
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by photoevangelist
Yes, I'm curious about the reasoning behind using two developers in succession also. I'm sure there is a reason, I'd just like to know.Quote:
Originally Posted by tenderobject
Which two developers? Isn't MT1 a toner?Quote:
Originally Posted by premortho