Test-dmax-ori
Not the way I usually print a Holga negative. It is only a test to achieve maximum black with Oriental New Seagull. The negative edge becomes black after about 7 minutes. An identical degree of blackness in the image is achieved at about eleven and a half minutes. The corners close up without detail.
Winter 2010
The Holga was loaded with Delta 400. The real speed is ISO 640 when developing in Finol. However, with fading light in the late afternoon, 1250 ISO was required. When I took the picture, I didn't think about how I was going to get to this film speed during development.
At home I decided to use the normal development time in Finol, followed by 5 minutes in eco film developer.
The negatives looked pretty good, with detail in the deep shadows. No problem at all with conventional printing techniques, but with the necessary overexposure for lith, the differentiation of the shadows is only possible if maxima black is dispensed with and therefore developed shorter.
Test-dmax-ori
Not the way I usually print a Holga negative. It is only a test to achieve maximum black with Oriental New Seagull. The negative edge becomes black after about 7 minutes. An identical degree of blackness in the image is achieved at about eleven and a half minutes. The corners close up without detail.
Winter 2010
The Holga was loaded with Delta 400. The real speed is ISO 640 when developing in Finol. However, with fading light in the late afternoon, 1250 ISO was required. When I took the picture, I didn't think about how I was going to get to this film speed during development.
At home I decided to use the normal development time in Finol, followed by 5 minutes in eco film developer.
The negatives looked pretty good, with detail in the deep shadows. No problem at all with conventional printing techniques, but with the necessary overexposure for lith, the differentiation of the shadows is only possible if maxima black is dispensed with and therefore developed shorter.