B&W reversal process loss of quality?

James Drukeli

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I'm curious, is there a loss of quality/sharpness after the reversal process? I'm referring to the DIY stuff, not dr5. I've been looking into the process lately, and it seems that every reversal I see is quite grainy. Anyone have any example of crisp reversal film success stories?
 

Ian Grant

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Welcome, no there's an increase in quaility, Many years ago I went to a lecture and saw superb B&W reversal prints made from B&W slides, admittedly by a research student sponsored by Kodak, but he was using FP4.

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James Drukeli

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Ian Grant said:
Welcome, no there's an increase in quaility, Many years ago I went to a lecture and saw superb B&W reversal prints made from B&W slides, admittedly by a research student sponsored by Kodak, but he was using FP4.

Ian
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Excellent to hear. Do you happen to have any links to good working reversal formulas? The Ilford pdf link that was so widely posted seems to have gone down.
 
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