Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just a quick question from an ignoramus who doesn't develop his own stuff. You say that overexposing and underdeveloping increases contrast. I had long understood that underexposing and overdeveloping increases contrast. And somewhere, somehow (I can't recall and can't explain it), I had gotten the impression that, conversely, overexposing and underdeveloping rather decreases contrast. Did you misstate this, or has my impression just plain been wrong? Thanks in advance for the answer, Art Peterson - -----Original Message----- From: Bill Satterfield [mailto:cwsat@cyberhighway.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 9:51 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Exposing Tri-X at 320 I shoot it at 200, develop it for 4:30 seconds in HC 110 1:3 @68 degrees. This over exposes, under develops, thus increasing the contrast. This was learned at a zone system workshop taught by a local, world renowned fine art photographer, Marion Brown. It works in all formats but the time is different for medium and large formats.