Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would confirm that when I printed 'conventionally' exposure times were longer and I had to go up a grade with 400CN - but it prints great in the 'light room' I now work in. Gerry Rolfe Tessem wrote: > Ernest Nitka wrote: > > I thought there was too much contrast which others commented on. I > > found that printing TCN didn't actually take that much more print > time - > > have you found that exposure times are longer with TCN than XP2? > > > > ernie > > Ernie, > > I can't account for the different reaction I seem to have to this film. > My print times with XP2 are more or less in line with regular B&W films. > And if anything, it seems to me to run a bit flat. With my color head, I > have to dial in the equivalent of 3 to 3.5 for a normal print of a > normal contrast scene. Was your observation of too much contrast a > reaction to a traditional B&W print or a color mini-lab print? Unlike > the other films, I don't think XP2 is really designed to print on color > paper. > > And yes, it has been a while since I tried TCN, but my recollection is > that the print times were MUCH longer due to the base density. > > Rolfe > > -- > Rolfe Tessem | Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. > rolfe@ldp.com | 96 Morton Street > (212) 463-0029 | New York, Ny 10014 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- Gerry Walden LRPS www.gwpics.com +44 23 8046 3076 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html