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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
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.
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.
Oops. I said "high-key"; I meant "high-contrast".
-- shawn gibson (shawn.gibson@utoronto.ca), July 13, 1999.
...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.
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.
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.