Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alfie, If you were to push your film that much, you should probably make your own developer.. (Something high in Metol and high in Sulfite) or use acufine as a 5 stop push of 100 speed film would take a LONG time in the soup. This would in turn create fogging. If you want that artsy feel, try using Dektol... =Mark On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Jeffery Smith wrote: > I've never asked anyone to push 100 ISO film 5 stops. I wonder if it > involves pulling the plug on the developer in mid-cycle. > > JLS > > > At 10:04 AM 4/9/02, you wrote: > >Hi Leicaphiles, > > > >What would happen to the grain, tonality, and contrast if I rated Superia > >100/200 at 1600 ISO to push it about 4-5 stops? This would probably be > >more of an artistic/photojournalist experiment if people disrecommend this > >approach for normal use. I would suspect based on very little prior > >experience rating Tri-X at 1600 speed that I would have a more avant-garde > >or eerie look with higher contrast and ability to handhold higher shutter > >speeds in lower light which show up into the negative prints? > > > >Thanks for your help. > > > >Alfie > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html