Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Almost Mark, although this works well most of the time. think in terms of percentages, because no two days in the darkroom are the same. humidity, paper, developer, etc. and then say, 10s is a stop. of course, those of us with a closed loop system can regulate a little beter with light/age degradation and some of us can alter the light for density (= to stops) from the lighthead controller. Rob Mueller Studies in Black and White www.studiesinblackandwhite.com rob@studiesinblackandwhite.com - -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rabiner [mailto:mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com] Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 1:06 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] printing questions Jason Hall wrote: > > Richard Ross of RH and Tim Rudman are both on the Pure Silver list, > http://www.tundraware.com/pure-silver there have been some lengthy > discussions on f stop printing. > > Jason If I expose a print for 10 seconds and it hit the floor switch (which i highly recommend) to burn the sky for another 10 seconds I'll think of it and write on the back of the print: "B sky 1S" burn sky one stop. I heard it was good a while back to think in terms of "stops" as much as you can in the darkroom. So I have done that with my dodging and burning and i think it helps. Especially when you DONT change your F stop at a different magnification. Because it does not help to in your own head think about "hold 5 seconds on the face" as a matter of course. When five seconds could represent a half or a quarter or less, of a stop. Mark W. Rabiner :)