Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/12
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Da: Garbutt, Robert <RGarbutt@ncrpexec.telstra.com.au>
> A: 'LUG' <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Oggetto: Off topic: Agfa Ortho
> Data: luned=EC 13 ottobre 1997 5.24
> Oh dear! Instead of my requested 10 rolls of APX25, a friend
travelling
> overseas has returned smiling with 10 neatly wrapped rolls of Agfa
> Ortho. Reportedly the salesperson said it was just as good as APX25
> but gave better contrast.
> Has anyone ever attempted to use this film as a print film with close t=
o
> normal contrast? Any recipes or experience with this sort of thing?
> The data sheet only has instruction for a gamma of greater than 2.0.
> Thanks for any help.
> Regards,
> Rob.
My friend
AGFA ORTHO has a orthocromatic sensibility and it doesn't take the red
tonality
then you will get in your pictures only white, black and a bit of gray.
You can develop it with a safety red light.
I use it sometimes for a strange effects in portraits
Try it.......
Guido Ridoli
LEICA M superfan
guirid@numerica.it