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Printing Times
When I print at 10” X 8” most of my prints are about 6 seconds at two stops down. Although I use other times I don’t like using odd numbers. Is this weird or do others people have strange preferences like this?
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Odd numbers as opposed to even? So f4, 8 or 16 is OK but not 5.6 or 11? Or is it whole numbers that you prefer as opposed to fractions which rules out only f5.6?
Whatever you feel comfortable with is what counts provided that doesn't give major printing issues. I think the maxim of two stops down and never deviate is probably not an unbreakable rule. I am not aware of any strange preferences I have in the darkroom Probably a sure sign I am too far gone to recognise them : Mike |
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No, not on apertures, just seconds.
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Can't think of any odd habits,at least not in the darkroom,Richard
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Wow! No I never have had a preference for odd or even. When the correct exposure is in low numbers say 5 secs do you have to go for 4 or 6( poorer print) or do you grit your teeth and go for 5 for the sake of print looks.
Or do you combine your resistance to odd numbers by dialling in a much smaller aperture so say 5 secs(hell) at f8 becomes 10 secs( heaven) at f11 You do realise that on Harley Street this kind of analysis would cost you a fortune. Mike |
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Avoid 4. It sounds like Death in Chinese. 8, on the other hand is very lucky as it sounds like Rich.
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Is there a number that sounds like "correctly exposed" ?
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I found this discussion interesting regarding the short(?) printing times. When I was printing at college, I found I had relatively short printing times (in the order mentioned here), while others seem to have longer times. Also because of the times were short, I had great trouble in dodging and burning. To a certain extent I'm happy to acknowledge that some of the negatives i was trying to print were less than adeqquate perhaps, being very thin. And, I accept the argument that a correctly exposed negative will need little d&b. but IF printing times are so short, how are d&b best managed? Is it just expertise?
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