Re: Dense Negative

Hi, I agree that normal scanning will not help but if you use a professional
scanner they will find detail that VERY dark. I would reccomend http://www.westcoastimaging.com/
they are excellent scanners and have a 80k drum scanners and are experts.
 They have regularly pulled out detail at densities that would correlate
to zone 11-13 in the zone system.

Mark

-- Original Message --

>You're not going to have any luck scanning them. You will need to print
them
>in the darkroom, then scan the print if you want digital.Incredibly dense
>negs will rpint usually if you give mega-exposure.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Benjamin Privitt <fiver25@hotmail.com>
>To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 3:36 PM
>Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Dense Negative
>
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> This question may have more to do with general darkroom procedure rather
>> than being specifically pinhole-oriented, but here goes. I have very
>dense
>> negatives from a Zero 2000. These are outdoor, full sunlight images
on
>a
>> variety of films that have lots of detail, and lots of grain. My previous
>> experiments with filters and high contrast paper have wiped out the images
>> altogether (which speaks to the experimental stage I'm in with my darkroom
>> technique, perhaps). And scanning has yielded a grainy white blob where
>the
>> exposure was. Does anyone have experience processing high density
>> negatives, and bringing out more contrast and detail?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Benjamin
>>
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Received on Wed Aug 22 20:31:30 2001