Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is nothing wrong with graded papers, especially fiber ones. Multicontrast is a cheap, easy way to get to 80% of where you want to be, but seems incapable of separating TX midtones the same way that fiber-based papers can. Mark Rabiner wrote: > Stanislaw Stawowy wrote: > > > > Mark :) Rabiner jotted: > > > It makes little sense to even need to know what the > > contrast is on multigrade > > > paper with no filter. > > > You should ALWAYS use a filter. Why would you NOT use a > > filter? > > > > Because of cost, maybe? > > Pack of filters is 30$. Ten rolls of film. > > For me a silly amount of money. > > I am using Multicontrast because is two fold cheaper than > > normal (Agfa Brovira Speed RC) paper... > > > ><Snip> > Stanislow you've got yourself exotic German cameras and lenses; darkroom stuff > and the commitment to shoot it and follow through and print it. NOW GET YOURSELF > SOME LOUSEY CONTRAST FILTERS!.I see them used at swap meets all the time and at > the grab boxes in old camera stores. Graded papers are going the way of the > Dodo. Multigrade papers are as good is it gets they are beyond convenient. You > don't have to worry about which grades you are running low on. > By the way i only use two filters in effect. The #5 and the #0! In turn! I split > print as I've gone in length about you'd find in the archives. So if youre > REALLY a cheapskate you could just wrangle up a dark magenta filter for #5 and a > yellow-orange for #0. Or go color positive and get a dark Blue filter for the #5 > and a Green (minus red) filter for the #0 which works out better for quartz or > cold light sources. > > Mark Rabiner > to be continued.... > > Portland, Oregon > USA > http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/