brian_mk
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I've been doing some RA-4 printing over the Christmas period.
It's the first time I've done darkroom colour printing in about 3 years.
The aim was to use up some paper and chemicals I've had in storage before they become totally useless.
I got to wondering how many people are still using colour neg film and RA-4?
In a digital world, RA-4 seems very restricted:-
No control over contrast, tone curves, colour saturation etc.
Much more difficult to control and adjust colour balance.
Dust on the negative.
You can't use digital manipulation such as pixel cloning to tidy up the image.
Dodging & burning in much more difficult.
Chemicals and paper deteriorate over time.
Hours spent in the dark breathing chemical fumes.
You need a darkroom.
etc etc.
Fujifilm have discontinued my favourite medium format colour neg film, Reala.
When my current batch of paper and chemicals has been used up, I'm wondering if I should throw away my Nova tank
and in future (assuming I continue to use film) scan my negs and use an inkjet printer.
It's the first time I've done darkroom colour printing in about 3 years.
The aim was to use up some paper and chemicals I've had in storage before they become totally useless.
I got to wondering how many people are still using colour neg film and RA-4?
In a digital world, RA-4 seems very restricted:-
No control over contrast, tone curves, colour saturation etc.
Much more difficult to control and adjust colour balance.
Dust on the negative.
You can't use digital manipulation such as pixel cloning to tidy up the image.
Dodging & burning in much more difficult.
Chemicals and paper deteriorate over time.
Hours spent in the dark breathing chemical fumes.
You need a darkroom.
etc etc.
Fujifilm have discontinued my favourite medium format colour neg film, Reala.
When my current batch of paper and chemicals has been used up, I'm wondering if I should throw away my Nova tank
and in future (assuming I continue to use film) scan my negs and use an inkjet printer.