Ilford Ortho Plus.

[Keith Tapscott.]

What sort of subjects would a photographer use Ortho Plus for?:confused:

 

[clay]

Anything that is not completely red in color!

 

[eclarke]

Unsharp masks..DBI. Works great...EC

 

[ineffablething]

I use it when shooting landscapes with some of my larger brass lenses that don't have shutters. I sometimes overexpose the film since I my hat is the shutter and I can develop the ortho film by inspection under red lights. I also sometimes use in my Graflex SLR cameras for that 1930's Hurrell style look. It's a great film and very sharp. If I'm not mistaken, Sally Mann used it for her landscape photos a few years back (before she switched to wet plate).

William

 

[George Papantoniou]

I made some portraits of a girl (with perfect skin) a while ago and they were great. Take care because skin blemishes show more than when using pan films.

 

[DKT]

copywork. great film for old b/w prints, line art, currency, maps etc. just about anything without any reddish tones to it--like old brown/red portraits, and old p.o.p. prints etc that are borderline purple/red in tone. you can manipulate the contrast pretty easily using developers, and it's a pretty universal film this way. works good in the studio also, for certain subjects. I've used it mainly for shooting old military items--trying to bring out details that would have required filters with pan film. mostly inscriptions and the like.

 

[Keith Tapscott.]

I got some interesting feedback here, thanks to all who replied.
It would be interesting to see what a portrait taken in a studio looks like.
I will try some soon and I hope it like D-76.
Cheers.

 

[George Papantoniou]

Any kind of normal film developer will do the job. It's not a film made with strange and exotic materials.

I made my portraits with studio flash and the Imagon lens. I rated the film a bit lower than the recommended E.I. on the flashmeter and the negs came out fine.

 

[Gerald Koch]

There is nothing mysterious about ortho films. They merely lack the sensitizing dye needed to make the film sensitive to light in the orange and red portions of the spectrum. Untreated emulsions are sensitive to only ultraviolet and light into the blue portions of the visible spectrum. Inorder to register light across the whole visible spectrum dyes must be added. No single sensitizing dye covers the entire spectrum visible to the human eye so several dyes must be used. Leaving out the dye used for red sensitivity of panchromatic films yields an orthochromatic film. Orthochromatic films are usually sensitive into the yellow portions of the spectrum.

These films have been recommended for portraits of men since they are said to bring out character in the subject. They are not suitable for pictures of women without special makeup which is no longer made. The lack of red sensitivity will make red lipstick appear black and make any skin imperfections stand out.