Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]will post - but thanks for the suggestion of other films have been doing things one way for probably too long - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Lunasix 3 issue > Steven Blutter wrote: > > > > well said - not at all ignorant. > > 'right tool for the job' > > > > problem is, I'm working on several series' at once. right now one is tech > > pan @ 25 - 50 ASA, the other is pushing tri-x to 3200 - 6400 in hot > > developer (haven't settled on one yet). subjects are equally varied. I > > like having one day and one night project so I can work at any time the muse > > strikes (and time allows!) > > > > a meter for each project? i guess my bag just got a little heavier > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <grduprey@rockwellcollins.com> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:30 AM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Lunasix 3 issue > > > > > > > > > > > > Saying you're rating your Tri x at 3200-6400 is like saying you're > underexposing 3 or 4 stops!!!! and you're developing is making up for > this somehow....??? > This I'd love to see and of course flies in the face of the basic rule > of the way photography works which is you've exposed for the shadows and > developed for the highlights. By this I mean if you have a true push > you're getting sufficient shadow detail as well. It's the shadows in > which we gage our film speed. > Is there a reason you'd not give the faster films a shot? Tmax p3200, > Neopan 1600 or Delta 3200? Why not push Plus X to 400 it makes as much sense! > > Of course I've heard all kind of claims about pushing Tri x over the > decades but never saw one past a stop that was not a ridiculously > contrasty under exposed highly grainy print. > Please post a picture with shadow detail in it with Tri x at 6400 or > 3200 for that matter and I'd like to know what the > formula-dilution-temperature is. I'll try it myself. Not wishing to be > too negative or insulting but when I see it I'll eat it. Or visa versa. > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.rabinergroup.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