...the exposure, rating Acros at 50 or less, shadows on zone IV and so on. So holding delicate highs in the neg can be a challenge. Read up on SLIMT for contractions of more than a stop or so, but... all those bottles and formulas and dilutions seemed kind of "too much". So I broke out the...
...I now had a working darkroom again, today I pursued that suggestion myself, and in just a couple of hours, had the answer.
There is a new SLIMT technique, as of today. It is called "Monobath SLIMT".
For those who do not know what a monobath is/was (originally), it is developer and fixer in...
...I'm going to give the paper flashing technique a try before I buy potassium ferricyanide. My question is "will the end result be different with slimt and preflashing?" What I mean is, if I take identical shots, one with a properly preflashed negative and another with an unflashed paper neg...
For the first time I tried SLIMT (selective latent image manipulation techniques) with B&W paper. I was able to achiev a gain of local contrast in midtones to lights, while the local contrast in dark shadows was reduced and keeping the overall contrast constant.
Paper: Kentmere Fineprint VC FB...
SLIMT, short for Selective Latent Image Manipulation Techniques, is a technique for pre-bleaching of exposed, but undeveloped, prints and negatives in order to control shadow and highlight contrast in a largely beneficial direction without adversely affecting overall micro-contrast. For prints...
I just did an APUG Title search for SLIMT (Selective Latent Image Manipulation Technique) and was amazed that there was no thread about this method to give minus development to negatives.
In a nut shell, you can keep your shadow contrast and bring the high tones under control...and get ready...
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