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to test EI for color negatives
i am so happy i now can home test speeds of b&w negatives. i adapted
the method from Adams's books which told me how to find 0.1 density point on the negative by using a lightbox and a spot meter. it's great. now i am considering color negatives and is trying do the similar things on them. i always send color negatives out to a lab for developing, and again, i dont have a densitormeter. can i test speeds ( up to the same lab i used ) of color negatives at home? thanks. - woody |
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In article .com,
Steven Woody wrote: now i am considering color negatives and is trying do the similar things on them. i always send color negatives out to a lab for developing, and again, i dont have a densitormeter. can i test speeds ( up to the same lab i used ) of color negatives at home? I don't see why you couldn't use the same method. A little experiment might be needed though. -- http://www.spinics.net/digicam/ |
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On 2ÔÂ15ÈÕ, ÏÂÎç12ʱ04·Ö, () wrote:
In article .com, Steven Woody wrote: now i am considering color negatives and is trying do the similar things on them. i always send color negatives out to a lab for developing, and again, i dont have a densitormeter. can i test speeds ( up to the same lab i used ) of color negatives at home? I don't see why you couldn't use the same method. A little experiment might be needed though. --http://www.spinics.net/digicam/ for B&W negatives, i find the 0.1 density above base + fog for Zone 1 exposure. for color negatives, i don't know what density i should find Zone 1 exposure because there are more than one dyes on the film. - woody |
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to test EI for color negatives
In article . com,
Steven Woody wrote: for B&W negatives, i find the 0.1 density above base + fog for Zone 1 exposure. for color negatives, i don't know what density i should find Zone 1 exposure because there are more than one dyes on the film. Then you should do tests and see what you like. But I doubt more than one dye will be an issue. Try 0.1 and see if you like the result. |
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to test EI for color negatives
On 2ÔÂ16ÈÕ, ÉÏÎç10ʱ14·Ö, () wrote:
In article . com, Steven Woody wrote: for B&W negatives, i find the 0.1 density above base + fog for Zone 1 exposure. forcolornegatives, i don't know what density i should find Zone 1 exposure because there are more than one dyes on the film. Then you should do tests and see what you like. But I doubt more than one dye will be an issue. Try 0.1 and see if you like the result. does it mean that you think the zone I is the exposure which produces densities on all dyes of a color negative add up to 0.1 plus base +fog ? thanks. - woody |
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to test EI for color negatives
In article om,
Steven Woody wrote: does it mean that you think the zone I is the exposure which produces densities on all dyes of a color negative add up to 0.1 plus base +fog ? That'd be a good starting point at least. It's the same principle as black and white: you are looking for where the film starts responding to light. |
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On 14 Feb 2007 18:50:15 -0800, "Steven Woody"
wrote: i am so happy i now can home test speeds of b&w negatives. i adapted the method from Adams's books which told me how to find 0.1 density point on the negative by using a lightbox and a spot meter. it's great. Which of Adams' books? Can you summarize here? Thanks, Father Kodak |
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On Feb 25, 4:06 pm, Father Kodak wrote:
On 14 Feb 2007 18:50:15 -0800, "Steven Woody" wrote: i am so happy i now can home test speeds of b&w negatives. i adapted the method from Adams's books which told me how to find 0.1 density point on the negative by using a lightbox and a spot meter. it's great. Which of Adams' books? Can you summarize here? Thanks, Father Kodak in 'The Negative', Adams introduced a method of using a spot meter to measure film density. 0.3 unit of EV difference ( in log_2 ) in your meter means density difference of 0.1 ( in log_10 ). that's it. |
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