At 12:24 PM 09/16/2001 -0700, you wrote:
John Pendley wrote:
>
> I've always heard that, for ordinary photograpy, it's *very* contrasty,
> like the late, lamented Agfa APX 25. I always thought that I might be able
> to tame APX contrast a bit if I had a dark room.
> JP
John ........... can you or anyone else recommend a relatively low speed
low contrast B&W film?
John Hudson
Ha! Good point. Since I don't have a dark room, I can't confirm this, but
I think that if you expose Pan F 50 enough to allow for good shadow detail
and develop for the highlights, it might be possible to "normalize" the
contrast by using a less contrasty paper grade. The developer would have
something to do with it, too, but again, I've had mine done in a lab and
don't even know what developer they use. Guess I should find out, huh? I
actually prefer rather contrasty prints, so I'm ok with what I'm
getting. It's a beautiful film.
JP
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