I've been reading online and watching You Tube videos about split-grade printing. I've always strived to scale my negatives to print on Grade 2 paper, but since graded papers have gone the way of the dinosaurs, I'm forced to use VC papers.
My question is: when is split-grade printing called for? What kind of negative needs to be printed with a combination of low grade and high grade filter? I get the impression that some printers use split-grade printing for every negative.
If a negative prints fine at Grade 2, what's the point in printing it with a combo of low- and a high-contrast filter?
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