Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Three quick points on Ilfochrome: First, contrast isn't the problem today that it used to be, and a lot of slides can be directly printed without a mask or flashing of the paper. Second, the new process lends itself neatly to small-volume work in a home lab. I do not have a CAP-40, but I would if I were doing volume work. As it is, I do fifteen or twenty at a shot, for which I use a Beseler motor drive. It works well, and the P30 chemistry is relatively temperature-tolerant. Third, colour balance is NOT the problem with Ilfochrome that it can be with colour-negative printing. With Ilfochrome, you "register" your enlarger, that is, you run some test prints to determine how far from the hypothetical norm your particular enlarger might be, a factor influenced by the age of the filters and the age of the bulb. Then you add or subtract this registration factor from the correction factor Ilford includes on each box of paper -- and you will almost always be dead-on with a good print, provided you have the aperture and time correctly gauged. This contrasts strongly with RA-4 or EP-2 work, where every picture on some rolls has to have the colour balance manipulated a bit. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!