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I've posted the print scans in the albums section of the forum. I would like to add that this test was carried out using Fomaspeed Variant 311 RC glossy and not Ilford (WT) FB paper.
http://www.film-and-darkroom-user.or...hp?albumid=613 My observations are that there is no discernable difference in contrast between the print made with the Ilford 00 MG filter (f16 @ 10.1 sec.) and the Rosco Supergel 389 Chroma Green (f22 @14.3 sec.). The Rosco Supergel 389 Chroma Green is approximately +1 stop faster. There is a discernable difference in contrast between the print made with the Ilford 5 MG filter (f16 @ 20.2 sec.) and the Rosco Supergel 74 Night Blue (f11 @20.2 sec.). The Rosco Supergel 74 Night Blue has approximately ½ grade less contrast -1 stop slower. My early conclusions are that unless the fibre based papers offer a drastically different result than those already indicated it's really not worth using anything else for contrast filtration other than Ilford MG filters which offer a range of grades and are speed matched. (Colour and Variable contrast heads etc. excluded)
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But the point is when working with black & white materials, if you are exposing the negative correctly for a given lighting contrast and then developing the negative for desired contrast relative to the type of enlarger you are using, you should not need any contrast filtration to produce the desired image contrast when printing.
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You Yorkshire tykes are lucky people, Alan. In contrast(no pun intended) I will have to put up with no SPL games for a few weeks.
Mike |
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They play football in Scotland? I never knew that.... Alan Only joking. I remember those jokes about Scottish goalkeepers |
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as my Scottish mate used to call them fruit bowlers ..I have to admit that I try not to use multigrade filters I can get most films to the contrast I want and I use a condenser enlarger and I get the contrast I want and I get the print I want and this is my style ,but that's how I do it other people do it differently ,there is no right or wrong way of making a print ,the secret is to make a print that pleases you and if others like it that's a bonus ,I think that if you can put film in a camera take a picture develop the film and make a print ,then you know the secret of this wonderful craft ..
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I am doing this fairly often now but not for the reasons of starting with a dense negative, more that I also found that printing the land at a much higher contrast brings out all the details there and gives a greater impression of sharpness or pop (or whatever the term is) but of course then puts a bright sky way out of range requiring it to be burned in. I like split grade for these reasons, find the contrast to make the main subject pop then deal with the rest of the print. I like contrast though it has to be said, especially vignettes and other burns to draw the eye into the subject. |
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