Re: ortho film

And for those lucky enough to live in Berlin/Germany or at least in Europe,
you can try the Maco Ortho film, in sizes up to 8x10 at a very reasonable
price. They also carry some pancromatic papers (Classic Arts RC Panchro).
Try:
http://www.fotoimpex.de
I watched in the news things are terrible in mid Europe (Prague and Desden was
it?)
I hope you are OK there.

Best regards

Joao

Jonathan King wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:49:59 EDT, BenDuross@aol.com wrote:
> >I didnt realise that ortho and litho films are the same.
> >does that mean litho film and be developed in trays under a red light?
> >this is good news because I had been looking at the ilford ortho film and
> >its a lot more expensive than litho film
> >Ben
>
> They are not necessarily the same. As Joao mentioned, there is probably
> Lith film that is panchromatic, & needs to be developed in total darkness.
> Lith film is intended for line copy work and has no real gray scale unless
> you start messing around with developers and exposures to lower contrast.
>
> The nice thing in my mind about the Ilford Ortho+ is that it is a normal
> film, just without the red sensitivity. You can use any normal film
> developer, but develop it with a red darkroom light. More expensive but
> easier to use and with a nice tonal range.
>
> Jon
>
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Received on Fri Aug 16 17:01:46 2002