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<blockquote data-quote="stillshunter" data-source="post: 79582" data-attributes="member: 468"><p>Some advice appreciated from the more experienced film old hands out there <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/wink.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink:" title="wink :wink:" data-shortname=":wink:" /></p><p></p><p>I'm currently shooting TMY (TMax 400) and love the richness and depth of the midtones. However one thing I noticed is that I rarely get much in the way of black or white - especially in micro-contrast. I realise these terms might be wrong so I hope to better demonstrate with two photos showing the global adjustments I usually defer to in LR3 post scan.</p><p></p><p>This is the straight scan (Epson V300 using Epson Scan @ 4800dpi with medium unsharp mask)</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.photographerslounge.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7440&title=sample-scan&cat=500">[ATTACH=full]54025[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p>...and here are my preferred LR adjustments - small boost to the Blacks, Contrast and Clarity with about 20 up on the sharpness and slight S to the curve.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.photographerslounge.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7441&title=sample-pp&cat=500">[ATTACH=full]54026[/ATTACH]</a></p><p></p><p>Like I said this is demonstrated with global adjustments for this purpose and if I were working harder I'd do more local tweaks to preserve the highlights.</p><p></p><p>But I wondered whether there is something more I could be doing during capture or development to better approximate the look (especially on the face) of the PP image straight out of the soup? Otherwise is this simply a property of the emulsion or developer, or a failure in my naive scanning abilities...Or am I simply still stuck in a rarefied digital mindset. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> </p><p></p><p>Details:</p><p>Shot with M2 & ZM Planar 50/2 loaded with TMax 400</p><p>Developed in Xtol 1+1 (fresh) at box speed (9:25min) with agitation every 30 seconds (as I wanted a little more contrast)</p><p></p><p>Like I said I simply love the TMY midtones, but would like to see a little more on the extremes and micro-contrast. So your advice would be greatly appreciated - as my next step is wet printing and so would like to get the negatives as right as possible.</p><p></p><p>TIA</p><p></p><p>Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stillshunter, post: 79582, member: 468"] Some advice appreciated from the more experienced film old hands out there :wink: I'm currently shooting TMY (TMax 400) and love the richness and depth of the midtones. However one thing I noticed is that I rarely get much in the way of black or white - especially in micro-contrast. I realise these terms might be wrong so I hope to better demonstrate with two photos showing the global adjustments I usually defer to in LR3 post scan. This is the straight scan (Epson V300 using Epson Scan @ 4800dpi with medium unsharp mask) [url=https://www.photographerslounge.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7440&title=sample-scan&cat=500][ATTACH=full]54025[/ATTACH][/url] ...and here are my preferred LR adjustments - small boost to the Blacks, Contrast and Clarity with about 20 up on the sharpness and slight S to the curve. [url=https://www.photographerslounge.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7441&title=sample-pp&cat=500][ATTACH=full]54026[/ATTACH][/url] Like I said this is demonstrated with global adjustments for this purpose and if I were working harder I'd do more local tweaks to preserve the highlights. But I wondered whether there is something more I could be doing during capture or development to better approximate the look (especially on the face) of the PP image straight out of the soup? Otherwise is this simply a property of the emulsion or developer, or a failure in my naive scanning abilities...Or am I simply still stuck in a rarefied digital mindset. :o Details: Shot with M2 & ZM Planar 50/2 loaded with TMax 400 Developed in Xtol 1+1 (fresh) at box speed (9:25min) with agitation every 30 seconds (as I wanted a little more contrast) Like I said I simply love the TMY midtones, but would like to see a little more on the extremes and micro-contrast. So your advice would be greatly appreciated - as my next step is wet printing and so would like to get the negatives as right as possible. TIA Mark [/QUOTE]
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