Darkroom equivalent of "levels" in PS???

[stradibarrius]

Thanks Ralph. Now I have something concrete to try and see how it turns out. Oriental Seagull VC is fast paper. As I said that is only a 13 sec. exposure @f/16. My fujinon 90mm enlarging lens is f/5.6-22. Should I avoid f/22?

 

[ROL]

Well, if we want digital photographers to try film, it makes sense to start from what they know.

Oh, no dispute - just sayin'.

 

[squinonescolon]

Lower your exposure half a stop. That will be 9.21 secs. My guess is your darks will still be a bit darker than your neg scan. I would go to grade 2.

 

[jerry lebens]

It may be helpful for you to know that, judging by the negative scan, your negative is fairly well exposed (actually it's slightly underexposed, but nothing too serious). This means that given more experience you should, with practice, be able to create a wet print that replicates your neg scan. It's simply a case of consolidating your printing skills.

Regards
Jerry

 

[Ronald Moravec]

Basic levels is the process of getting the highlights and shadows right to the end of the scale. In the darkroom you do this this adjusting contrast. Print to get a proper highlight, then adjust contrast to get proper black.

Burn/dodge are the function similar to gamma, the center slider, except they are localized.