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[tuco]

This is a test shot of "minus-x" development for highlight compression using PMK Pyro. Basically you place the low values of the scene, add 3 stops of exposure and cut the development time in half. I was looking for a scene with 15+ stops of light but didn't find one. I walked by this establishment and it looked dark inside so I asked if I could take a shot and they agreed.

This is T-Max 400 shot at f11 and 4 seconds to give you an idea how dark it was in parts of the inside. Middle gray was placed at EV6 (zone 5). The girl's jeans measured EV4 (zone 3), behind her back is EV3 and the bright concrete outside EV15 (zone 14). The negative seemed thin by about a stop. The grain seemed the same as a normally developed roll of 400TMY. There is detail in that EV3 and EV15 areas not easily seen on this size. I'm looking forward to trying it on a more interesting scene.

400TMY, EI50, f11 @ 4 seconds

[Zaitz]

No kidding!

D300s + 300mm f2.8 af-i


I also like the toned b&w:



tuco that looks great. Do you have an comparisons to digital with that method? I am wanting to do one to compare to my d300s.

[Frank Petronio]

So it was really hard digging Helmet Newton's body up and reanimating him, but it worked for a few minutes....

[tuco]

tuco that looks great. Do you have an comparisons to digital with that method? I am wanting to do one to compare to my d300s.

Thanks. Digital uses more than one picture to bring that many stops by HDR software or picture blending, no?

I see DXO scores rating 12EV or so for dynamic range on digital cameras but I don't know how they get those numbers because every time I pull out my one degree spot meter and check a scene and compare to my digital and friends D700, I don't see 10 stops captured in the scene.

[Zaitz]

Thanks. Digital uses more than one picture to bring that many stops by HDR software or picture blending, no?

I see DXO scores rating 12EV or so for dynamic range on digital cameras but I don't know how they get those numbers because every time I pull out my one degree spot meter and check a scene and compare to my digital and friends D700, I don't see 10 stops captured in the scene.

I would generally agree. Though others on another forum keep stating digital has superior dynamic range and I do not agree, not for a single exposure. Not to turn this into a debate. I may do my own tests soon.

[Corran]

I also agree. Usually, if I can shoot a scene with my D700 and get everything I want to see in the DR I feel comfortable with shooting it on slide film. I think digital might have a slight edge on transparencies but not negative.

Of course, if you are scanning, that can come back to bite you when your scanner can't get all the DR.

[tuco]

Of course, if you are scanning, that can come back to bite you when your scanner can't get all the DR.

Yes, that's the problem. Getting everything that's on the negative is the challenge.

[z_photo]

So it was really hard digging Helmet Newton's body up and reanimating him, but it worked for a few minutes....

he's looking pretty damn good in that shot.

[SamReeves]

So it was really hard digging Helmet Newton's body up and reanimating him, but it worked for a few minutes....

I see two things I like about Helmet.

Another of Wolfpup freezing in the fog for my enjoyment.

Canon Elan 7, Canon EF 50mm ƒ1.8 lens, Fuji Neopan 400.

[austin granger]

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