Enlarging tungsten-exposed color negatives

[srs5694]

Hi,

Can somebody give me a ballpark idea of how to adjust filtration when enlarging negatives that were exposed in tungsten light on daylight-balanced color print film? That is, if I know the filtration for a daylight or flash shot on a roll of film, what would be a reasonable way to adjust that for a shot in tungsten light on the same roll? I realize I can't expect an exact and precise adjustment that'll give perfect results; I just want something that'll get me into the ballpark so I can do a color ringaround to fine-tune it. Thanks.

 

[bob100684]

adding cyan might be a good bet. You're going to have to subtract massive ammounts of magenta and yellow either way.

 

[nlochner]

theres no way to pin point the colour values, as so many factors play into the final image.


nlochner

 

[rosseelj]

It's indeed difficult to quote exact numbers as this depends on the contrast of the film and the type of enlarger - 30Y on a Durst is likely not the same as 30Y on a Beseler.

But one thing is sure, for enlarging negatives you will have to add a lot of yellow and magenta. Not subtract as a previous poster stated.

One guideline from my own practice: I typically add twice as much yellow as magenta. As a starter you could try adding 40Y and 20M.

JanR