Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Dec National Geo...
From: "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 08:16:05 -0800
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I have printed color negatives on variable contrast paper, Ilford Multigrade
IV, using a 4 and a 3 filter stacked.   It takes over two (2) minutes
exposure at f8.   This brings the contrast into the usable range for
commencing with burning and dodging.

Roland Smith
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brick" <jim@brick.org>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 9:10 AM
Subject: [Leica] Re: Dec National Geo...


> At 11:43 AM 12/2/00 -0500, Javier Perez wrote:
> >I was wondering.
> >Is there (should there be)
> >a difference between
> >BW prints done off colour negatives
> >and BW prints done of BW negatives,
> >assuming a BW enlarger, BW paper and chemicals?
> >Javier
> >
>
> Yes. A color neg still contains all of the color, just in negative rather
> than positive form. Plus the orange mask. To print color neg as B&W in a
> wet darkroom, you need a panchromatic paper such as Kodak Panalure. It is
> B&W but must be handled in complete darkness. I never liked the results
> with Panalure but they at least were prints.
>
> Jim
>

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