Does pulling of the film help

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I have been doing BW for just 3 years, Mad about grain in the print,tried and standardised a system for pushing the flm ( Kodak academy 200, Tmax 400 ) Now I want to try out pulling. Can anyone tell me, does Pulling the film gives you a better grain quality than it would give in Normal conditions? Please help Shreepad

-- Shreepad Joglekar (shreepadjoglekar@usa.net), July 13, 1999

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Response to Does pulling of the film haep

Instead of underdeveloping a fast film, why don't you try a slower (and thus less grainy) film? Pulling will compress your tones w/o achieving a significant reduction in grain. Only a change of film will result in less grain.

-- Thomas Wollstein (wollstein@compuserve.com), July 13, 1999.

Response to Does pulling of the film haep

My experience with pulled film is somewhat limited, but what I can tell you is that it gives you smoother tonal transitions than normal; if you are working high-key, or at the limits of your film's latitude, pulling can be a good idea. If pulling does affect grain, though, it has only done so minimally in my own experience.

-- shawn gibson (shawn.gibson@utoronto.ca), July 13, 1999.

Response to Does pulling of the film haep

Oops. I said "high-key"; I meant "high-contrast".

-- shawn gibson (shawn.gibson@utoronto.ca), July 13, 1999.

Response to Does pulling of the film haep

...Although I suppose "high-key" can mean "high-contrast" for some people. I personally like very tight lighting ratios when I shoot "high-key". Now I'm just entertaining myself. Sorry. Shawn

-- shawn gibson (shawn.gibson@utoronto.ca), July 13, 1999.

Response to Does pulling of the film haep

if you are looking to reduce the grain size in your film, the developer you choose to use can have a large effect on it. Some developers have a high concentration of sodium sulphite, this will decrease the size of your grain clusters... HOWEVER, it will also decrease the acutance of the grain, giving your photos a softer (or less harsh) look. If you very happy with the look ( - the grain ) of the film/dev. combo you are using, shoot a larger negative... this will drastically decrease your grain size. Sean

-- Sean (ZBeeblebrox42@yahoo.com), July 13, 1999.


Response to Does pulling of the film haep

hey man shreepad, kodak academy 200 in one hell of a bad ass film. i've suffered this film for an year, but recovered, saw the light , moved onto ilford.

kodak guys wrote me that they make this film for third world countries(this film is heavily sold in india and i think,also in russia). they don't even list this film in their homepage.

this film has football size grain, bad halation, bleeds like a leech and screws up my fixer.

pax

-- hoko hoko (photoq@hotmail.com), July 14, 1999.


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