[MF3D.FORUM:808] Re: Ort Results

["don lopp" <dlopp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am surprised to hear about grain in litho film I have never seen it in 40
years I was a lithographer since 1955 Don.
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From: "Sam" <3dhacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Medium Format 3D Photography" <MF3D.Forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 10:38 AM
Subject: [MF3D.FORUM:807] Ort Results


> I did some preliminary test images using Ort25 film for positives from B&W
> negs. My conclusions were as follows:
>
> 1.  Oooooooh
> 2. Aaahhhhhh
> 3. Wowww
> 4. Yahzoo
>
> To be more specific, it performed much better than standard litho film.
> Less grain, more latitude, more control. The developer they recommended
was
> a bust for this type of use as it produced flat muddy images. The best
> developer was standard paper developer. I found it easy to control
contrast
> by changing the exposure and development times. For a high contrast neg I
> would expose more and develop less. I even managed to rescue an older neg
> that was too contrasty to convert before.
>
> I did find that it seemed to be a little darker after the positives dried,
> so you have to allow for that when processing and exposing. It appears
that
> the images are not as sharp, but I have to confirm that on my second group
> of tests. For sure I'll have some results for the next folio (wherever
that
> is!?!). I'm also going to try toning.
>
> Sam
>