Good job, Paul.
Good job, Paul.
I am looking for normal contrast in this film, to be honest, that picture you posted is pretty much exactly what I am after. As for the amount of film I have, I think I have 16 some odd sheets left, I only bought a 25 pack to get started. I bought the smallest amount of Dektol as I could, but that was still enough to make a gallon of stock solution.
I believe that Voigtlander Petzval is an f3.5 lens
You can always figure out pre-exposure in-camera. Put something semi-translucent and white (paper, or plastic maybe) over the lens and figure out how much time you need to give to barely register some density. Use the dark slide to make a kind of test strip. Should be pretty easy.
Try the Rodinal and the development time in my post with a sheet of the Arista film for 3 ASA. Then let me know the results.
Try on a overcast day, if you can, so the overall contrast is less.
The Maco film I was using I believe to be the equivalent of printing paper coated on a clear base.
If yours behaves more violently then perhaps it might be better to get a pack of a conventional film & get to know that better before venturing into making your own developers.
I'm having some fun with (industrial) X-ray film which has been a bit of a trial.
If you are a beginner then it might be best to bite the bullet and buy a pack of Fomapan 4x5 or even the Chinese Shanghai. At least that is meant to be for making normal photographs.
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