On March 14, 2003 09:25 am, gfen wrote:
> > I think this is what I expected to hear, and I'm surprised i haven't yet. > I'm glad to know that I can point more to teh paper and less to my > often-less-than-ideal exposed negs. The greater bulk of my 4x5 stuff was > done before I really came to full realization that film speeds, especially > in sheet film, are fantasy numbers. Download the date sheet for your paper. It should tell you what is unfiltered contrast. Film speed is a function of processing. Different developers will give you different results. Some faster some slower. Nick