RE: sheet film v. ortho film

Gord -

You are right - cost is indeed a factor. I've got a roll of 9.5"X100' ortho film and just the other day received another roll of something rather similar from a friend who is going digital (he also gave me several hundred sheets of 4X5, about 600 rolls of film, and a stack of paper about four feet high - I am set for life <g>).

The nice thing with working with inexpensive materials is that it allows one to do a bit more experimenting than would be the case with cost considerations.

Cheers -

george

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 --- On Wed 05/26, Gordon J. Holtslander < holtsg@duke.usask.ca > wrote:
From: Gordon J. Holtslander [mailto: holtsg@duke.usask.ca]
To: pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 22:46:14 -0600
Subject: RE: [pinhole-discussion] sheet film v. ortho film

Hi:<br><br>Excuse the very late reply.<br><br>I use ortho film because its available in very large sizes. I use 8x10<br>and occasionaly 12 x18.(inches) This lets me do nice big contact prints -<br>which works very well with the alternative printing processes I use.<br><br>Comes in rolls to. If I ever get a few days in a row free I want to build<br>something like an 10 by 14 inch roll film camera.<br><br>Conventional film this size is prohibitively expensive. Ortho is at least<br>1/4 the cost.<br><br>Gord<br><br>On Wed, 5 May 2004, George L Smyth wrote:<br><br>><br>> Brad -<br>><br>> "Regular" sheet film has the advantage of rendering the scene properly, whereas ortho film will not properly reproduce the reds and oranges. OTOH, ortho film can be handles with the darkroom lights on and is less expensive than panchromatic film.<br>><br>> Personally, I use panchromatic film when shooting in the 4X5 size, but when I increase to a larger size I go with orthochromatic film, primarily because of the cost. With
ortho film in the larger sizes you will not need any special equipment, as you can just use the pans you use to process your paper.<br>><br>> BTW, if you do go the ortho route, toss the development instructions you get from the box. Ortho film is meant to be developed to black/clear with no gray gradations. I've used dilute Dektol (1+10 - 1+20) and Rodinal with success, and there are numerous formulas out there that will work just fine.<br>><br>> Cheers -<br>><br>> george<br>><br>> -----<br>> http://www.GLSmyth.com<br>> http://DRiPInvesting.org<br>><br>> --- On Sun 05/02, brad isaacs < p_bateman27_at_yahoo.ca > wrote:<br>> From: brad isaacs [mailto: p_bateman27_at_yahoo.ca]<br>> To: pinhole-discussion_at_spitbite.org<br>> Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 11:47:11 -0400 (EDT)<br>> Subject: [pinhole-discussion] sheet film v. ortho film<br>><br>> hi,<br><br>regarding my last post regarding sheet film developing<br>tanks, my real dilemma is whether i should go into<br>working with sheet film or ortho film. they both seem<br>to h
ave their pros and cons but i don't have the<br>experience to really know. ortho film would be very<br>easy to cut, load and process but is more difficult to<br>get. sheet film is easy to get but a little more<br>complicated to use, plus i'd need to get a tank. would<br>one produce better images than the other? i guess that<br>would be my deciding factor...<br><br>brad<br><br> <br><br><br>______________________________________________________________________ <br>Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca<br>_______________________________________________<br>Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML<br>pinhole-discussion mailing list<br>pinhole-discussion_at_spitbite.org<br>FAQ at http://spitbite.org/pinhole-discussion/list.html<br><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.<br>> Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML<br>> pinho
le-discussion mailing list<br>> pinhole-discussion_at_spitbite.org<br>> FAQ at http://spitbite.org/pinhole-discussion/list.html<br>><br><br>---------------------------------------------------------<br>Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology<br>holtsg_at_duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place<br>http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan<br>Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan<br>Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2<br>---------------------------------------------------------<br>_______________________________________________<br>Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML<br>pinhole-discussion mailing list<br>pinhole-discussion_at_spitbite.org<br>FAQ at http://spitbite.org/pinhole-discussion/list.html<br>

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