Re: Developer for Fujicolor Press 800?

2004-01-29 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 Jan 2004 at 22:30, William Robb wrote: > Back when I did those film granularity tests, I ran Ektapress, I can't > remember if it was base800 or base 1600 at normal; -1exposure, +1 > development; -2 exposure, +2 development. > I did note an increase in film speed at -2 exp, +2 dev, but not mo

Re: Developer for Fujicolor Press 800?

2004-01-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Rob Studdert" Subject: Re: Developer for Fujicolor Press 800? > On 29 Jan 2004 at 20:14, graywolf wrote: > > > Um? > > > > Anyone here realize that pushing film does not actually increase the film speed? > > You better

Re: Developer for Fujicolor Press 800?

2004-01-29 Thread Herb Chong
ursday, January 29, 2004 10:21 PM Subject: Re: Developer for Fujicolor Press 800? > You better let Kodak know: > > "KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 400UC and > PORTRA 800 Films are designed so that you can pushprocess > them to higher exposure indexes. You can pushprocess > POR

Re: Developer for Fujicolor Press 800?

2004-01-29 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 Jan 2004 at 20:14, graywolf wrote: > Um? > > Anyone here realize that pushing film does not actually increase the film speed? You better let Kodak know: "KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 400UC and PORTRA 800 Films are designed so that you can pushprocess them to higher exposure indexes. You can

Re: Developer for Fujicolor Press 800?

2004-01-29 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Ryan Lee" Subject: Re: Developer for Fujicolor Press 800? > Thanks for that info! More or less what I was after. But one thing, about > 'develop to completion' and 'no speed gains to be had by extending the > development

Re: Developer for Fujicolor Press 800?

2004-01-29 Thread Butch Black
Hi Ryan; I have been doing some experiments with my film processor at work, to try and get my lousy brand of chemistry to run in good control versus marginal control. What I have found is that a temperature change does almost nothing to the LD (speed) but has a noticeable effect on the HD/LD (cont

Re: OT: Developer for Fujicolor Press 800?

2004-01-28 Thread graywolf
Just have it developed normally. You went to an honest shop. No one pushes C-41, at least in a processing machine. Bill Robb will tell you it can't be done at all. However, I think he is wrong about that, it can be pushed if you hand develop it. But C-41 film works quite well at one stop underex

OT: Developer for Fujicolor Press 800?

2004-01-28 Thread Ryan Lee
Hey all.. Just got back from a massive camping trip, and boy was it fun.. One headache now though, and unfortunately it's not from the sun. One of the rolls I took was Press 800 but rated at 1600, and I was intending to take it down to the prolab to get them to leave it in the soup a bit longer. Ho