Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Peterson Arthur G NSSC <PetersonAG@NAVSEA.NAVY.MIL> > > 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. This was the lesson drilled into my by my instructors, and seemed to be proved true in the lab. Long time since I've read the standard texts, but someone would have to blast the memory from my brain with solid reasoning and examples. As I recall, overdeveloping will also increase grain size. Please correct a duffer who's been many years away from a lab. Tim - -- Tim Spragens http://www.borderless-photos.com