Re: Orthochromatic Film for Pinhole Cameras

George,

Using Dektol at higher dilutions is an interesting way to handle contrast on orthochromatic
negatives. However...., what kind of shelf life are we talking about for the diluted
developer? If we are getting into the realm of one-shot Dektol, then pinhole photography
really is stranger than anyone can imagine.

Bob
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George L Smyth wrote:

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> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 14:00:11 -0700 (PDT)
> From: George L Smyth <glsmyth@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: Orthochromatic Film for Pinhole Cameras
> To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
> Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
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> --- Guy Glorieux <guy.glorieux@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > George L Smyth wrote:
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> > > You could use Orthochromatic film. I use this on occasion and develop it
> with
> > > dilute Dektol. This gives me a large negative that is easily printed.
> >
> > George:
> >
> > What exactly is orthochromatic film? What size do they come in (e.g.
> > 11x14?) What is the ISO? When you say you use dilute Dektol, could you
> > be more precise about dilution, temperature, time.
>
> It's been a while, so I can't get real specific. However, I have used Arista's
> Premium Half-Tome film, which comes in all sizes (I usually use the 10X12 size,
> which is fairly cheap). I don't remember the EI, but it's probaly around 3 or
> so - somewhat like paper. Dilution in Dektol was between 1:10 and 1:20,
> depending upon the contrast of the scene.
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> Cheers -
>
> george
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Received on Wed Oct 11 23:12:14 2000