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Tag: film development

  • Nerding out on film – summary

    Nerding out on film – summary

    A few days ago, I suffered a brain fart that led to writing three articles about predominantly working with black & white films, but it isn’t clear from the main post titles which article is about what. So… here’s the summary:Nerding out on film 1 is about how to handle contrast — subject contrast, your…

  • nerding out on film 2

    nerding out on film 2

    Film development — workflow and best practices This article is aimed at making film development less intimidating for someone who has never tried it before, and to answer questions a beginning film development enthusiast may have. It specifically focuses on traditional (not C41) black&white development. Which is not a value judgement on the C41 development…

  • Nerding out on film 1

    Nerding out on film 1

    How to handle contrast Earlier today, I was explaining a couple concepts dealing with contrast in b&w film development in a group of camera people, and about halfway I thought, ok, this is where I initiate nerd level “off the scale”. But apparently, I struck a chord with some readers. So you know what? Let’s…