Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Would you believe that FP4 was the slowest speed black and white film that I had in a bulk loader and I wanted to use a roll of film with only ten (10) exposures for the experiment. I used a zoom slide duplicator which has an f8 opening. I aimed it at a 150 watt enlarger bulb in a clamp type at a distance of about 2 feet. The camera was mounted on a tripod and the shutter automatically exposed the film at a very slow speed. Roland Smith - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: [ZICG] Negatives From Chromes > "William B. Lurie" wrote: > > > > Roland Smith wrote: > > > > > I have wanted to begin duplicating some of my travel slides on negatives. > > > This evening I used a slide duplicator, Ilford FP4 film and D76. > ><Snip> > > > > I'm curious as to why D-76 ....... > > > > Bill Lurie > > I'm equally curious as to why FP4. > T Max 100, Delta 100 or Tech pan would be my choice for the job. > And preferably in a larger format. > I think many of us would find it interesting how many of our favorite black and > white images were shot on Kodachrome! > > > Mark Rabiner > > The developer would be Xtol or Rodinal. If i was going to use D76 I'd use it 1:2 > instead of 1:1! >