golden Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 i was wondering if someone could post pictures or tell me where i could find some of some negatives, thin negatives, dense negatives, good contrast, high contrast, low contrast. im new at this, ive processed several rolls but what i think is high contrast negs turns out to be great, and vice versa, could someone help me with this, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 :) Do you have a local library? Ours have dozens of books with excellent illustrations from the masters of exactly what you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Uh... let me correct myself. Are you making negatives which will be scanned rather than wet printed? It makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 I'm pretty certain you can see examples in Ansel Adams' book, "The Negative". It's been out so long that most libraries have it, as do bookstores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug grosjean Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Pico: am curious. What difference in a neg between one being scanned and one intended to be printed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshx Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Michael, I just flipped through my copy of "The Negative" and didn't exactly see what John was asking for; at least not in a simple way. It is a great reference book, in my opinion. John, see if you can find the Kodak book "Black-and-White Darkroom Techniques" in your library. I don't know if it is still printed (I saw it as recently as 2 years ago in B&H), but it's fairly short, aimed at beginners, and covers the basics. There are lots of pictures of 'problem' negatives and what the causes were, which definitely helped me in troubleshooting when I started developing my own B&W film. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 At least one of the books by Roger Hicks and Frances Schultz contains examples of variously exposed and developed negatives and the prints they produce. I have a copy but it's packed in a carton at the moment. There are similar examples on the web but if I'm recalling correctly at least one of these didn't illustrate the differences as clearly as a well printed book or magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukka_lehmus Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 You might want to look at Michael Langford's book Basic Photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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