Intro (bio) & 3Q

[Tim Coffer <MNHIV004@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I answer to some of the questions Ben posed in his bio. which I think
I can answer with some degree of accuracy. I at least know what works
for me, so these are only suggestions.
I shoot HIE 35mm at 1/60th of a second shutter, f/16 during bright sunny
days, incl. partly cloudy days when the subject is not under cloud cover.
After that, bracket in half stopsat the lens aperture (easiest). I use a
Wratten #25 (or equivalent) gel cut into a circle to fit under a linear
polarizer. On a 72mm or smaller lens, you can use a 3X3 gel. Above that,
you'll need a 4X4 gel. I'm about to purchase some of Calumet's polyester
filters and see if they really are "equivalent" as advertised. They're
certainly less expensive and probably more durable.
I develop with D-76 per the accepted recipe in Joe Paduano's book. I did
once use D-19, but that gives me way too much contrast, even with low
contrast portrait paper. I'd like to try Xtol and TMAX developers,
sometime when get around to shooting a test roll. Just hasn't happened
yet.
Well, these are my humble suggestions. Take what you want and fling the
rest into the internet ozone..... :=)
Tim Coffer


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