Help me!

[DieHipsterDie]

I've found myself lately studying spectral sensitivity, time-g and characteristic curves for different films. The wife thinks I've gone overboard. Is this an illness? What are some other symptons I can expect?

 

[Nick Zentena]

Have you bought a densitometer yet?

 

[DieHipsterDie]

Have you bought a densitometer yet?

No, is that a good sign?

 

[Ronald Moravec]

Forget it all. Study your prints and adjust from there.

 

[Nick Zentena]

No, is that a good sign?

Means you haven't hit the terminal stage yet.

 

[BradS]

When you start hording manufacturers' data sheets, reading them secretly after your wife falls asleep....wondering if you've accidently left one out in plain view...

 

[Rolleijoe]

I've got some data sheets in binders.....does that count? hehe BTW, I've got a color analyzer/densitometer I'm thinking about putting on e*ay. Anyone interested beforehand?

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

I think overboard would be when you start tweaking your film and paper developer chemistry to bump the characteristic curves to make them match. Either that, or when your all-time favorite print becomes a Stouffer step-wedge.

 

[raucousimages]

Too many photographers spend too much time testing too many things. This is time that could be better spent making great images that might not be 100% technically perfect.

 

[Neal]

Good news! It's only temporary. Soon you will go back to making photographs.

Neal Wydra

 

[rjas]

I've found myself lately studying spectral sensitivity, time-g and characteristic curves for different films. The wife thinks I've gone overboard. Is this an illness? What are some other symptons I can expect?

Yep, you should probably spend more time taking and printing pictures than drawing up d log h curves and arguing over the merits of stand development and mexican shaker inversion techniques. You should also probably start drinking - heavily.

 

[DieHipsterDie]

I'm thinking about bringing a priest in to bless my Dektol.

 

[DieHipsterDie]

Mexican shaker inversion technique?

 

[gainer]

Good news! It's only temporary. Soon you will go back to making photographs.

Neal Wydra

Don't count on that. I've been at it for about 67 years, and still get ideas. Why do you think they call me "Gadget"?
I designed and built my own densitometer. It took me 25 years to get it to its present stage of development. Who knows when I'll get it perfected?

 

[Black Dog]

Hey, what's wrong with Stouffer step wedges? I've seen less interesting stuff in prestigous galleries LOL?