avaron
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Paper/Film Combination for Portraiture
I conducted a series of tests about three years ago on 120 film, specifically evaluating caucasian skin. FP4 printed on Oriental Seagull RC Pearl beat everything else. I didn't test fast films. Delta 100 shows every facial defect. Plus-X so obscures detail that you start to lose a sense of line. FP4 shows just enough detail to give texture without emphasizing defects. I tested three other VC papers, Foma FB , Kentmere FB, and Ilford MG RC Pearl. Foma gave acceptable results, Kentmere less so, with Ilford MG yielding nothing but paste.
You can use Delta 100 with an orange filter and achieve results similar to FP4.
I developed in XTOL on a Jobo CPP-2 for 5 minutes at 24 degrees C. With the subject wearing bright white, 4.5 minutes works better.
I tested only 8x10 (from 6x6 negative).
I conducted a series of tests about three years ago on 120 film, specifically evaluating caucasian skin. FP4 printed on Oriental Seagull RC Pearl beat everything else. I didn't test fast films. Delta 100 shows every facial defect. Plus-X so obscures detail that you start to lose a sense of line. FP4 shows just enough detail to give texture without emphasizing defects. I tested three other VC papers, Foma FB , Kentmere FB, and Ilford MG RC Pearl. Foma gave acceptable results, Kentmere less so, with Ilford MG yielding nothing but paste.
You can use Delta 100 with an orange filter and achieve results similar to FP4.
I developed in XTOL on a Jobo CPP-2 for 5 minutes at 24 degrees C. With the subject wearing bright white, 4.5 minutes works better.
I tested only 8x10 (from 6x6 negative).