Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:21 PM 6/8/1998 -0700, Gary Todoroff, you wrote... >Anyone have experience with BW slides from negs? Favorite film? Developer? >I think this could be a great way to show some of that Leica "glow" on the >big screen in black and white. I have done this successfully with Tech Pan. To get needed contrast, you do need to develop to fairly high gamma. For some 4x5 negs of mine which I printed to B&W transparencies I developed in HC-110, dil. B for four minutes, a gamma of 1.2 or so. (Negatives are usually developed to a gamma of .65 or so, just to give you a perspective). For more contrast, develop for more time; for less, use less time or a higher dilution. I have also done this with 35mm film. The slides are nice, but if you want a real thrill, blow some negs up onto 4x5 film. Enjoy! - -Mike