TOP: Six Things

MIke Johnston of The Online Photographer opines that he would do six things differently, if he had to do it over again.

Of course, to appear in this blog, one of those things was, of course, "I would have stuck with film."

His take, once you start a cohesive work of art in a medium, keep going.  The remaining five are also note worthy.  Especially for anyone starting out.

Read on at TOP for Six Things.

Tim Layton Fine Art: How to Dry Mount Prints

Tim Layton of Tim Layton Fine Art gives a step by step guide to dry mounting a silver gelatin print and adding a window overmat.

One of the key tools that he uses to provide a perfectly cut print is a rotary trimmer.  While not cheap, Tim demonstrates the fine cutting this device is capable of while keeping a perfectly straight line.

So, without delay, here is the vlog by Tim:

Darkroom VLOG 5/23/2020 Ep. 11 How I Dry Mount My Silver Gelatin Prints by Tim Layton

Cinestill: E6 Development Kits, with a Twist

Cinestill has done it again. This time, a new, three-part, E6 development kit, with a twist. One can now select the first developer, which affects the contrast and colour of the final outcome, with one of three effects. Called the Cs6 Creative Slide 3-bath kits, the variants are: DynamicChrome (D9), DaylightChrome (D6) and TungstenChrome (T6).

These are available as individual quart kits for $39 ($2.97 off as of writing) or a three pack of all the first developers with the blix and colour developer in one kit for $74.99 ($5.95 off as of writing). The single first developer packs will process 8-16 rolls (100 ft) of film, while the three-pack will process up to 32 rolls.

Of the three, TungstenChrome (Cool-Tone) allows box-rated speed in tungsten light. Otherwise, with normal development slide film would require an 80A filter with filter loss of up to two stops.

The DaylightChrome (Neutral-Tone) comes as a convenient liquid concentrate and offers normal development characteristics in a convenient three bath kit.

The DynamicChrome (Warm-Tone) offers slightly more saturation with an extended dynamic range for slide film. Offering up to 6+ stops of dynamic range. Unheard of for reversal film.

According to Cinestill, "...slides should be superior to color-corrected negative scans, without sacrificing creative control."

Read more about the new Cinestill Creative Slide E-6 kits from:

- Studio C-41
- The Phoblographer
- Petapixel

Cinestill: Transparency

Cinestill Film has been hinting this weekend on something new, something transparent. Could we be seeing a new cinematic reversal film being released? Find out, later today!
 

Developing Your Film... Wrong!

This great video shows you why exposing and processing your film incorrectly, can lead to some of the best results.  This is key to getting a great shot, as explained in Mortenson's Printing Method, decades ago.

Here, Professor Agar shows you how it is done and why you would either overexpose or underexpose your shots with examples.

FPP: Now Offering Minolta Spy Film

The Film Photography Project is now offering Minolta spy film and a 3D printed cartridge to load with the film.  The cartridge is being offered on pre-order for $9.95.  The films offered are two B&W films and two colour filmes, all unperforated for maximum usable frame size.

The B&W films are, X2 which is Eastman Double-X 16mm Unperforated Film rated at ISO 200 and HR which is an orthochromatic film rated at ISO 20.

The colour films are, a slide film, 100D rated at ISO 100 with E6 process and 50D, a negative film rated at ISO 50 with ECN-2 process.

Film in Minox cartridges is also available.

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