Dry-down compensation is not required on the Analyser because the units's grey scale is showing you the tone on the final, dry, print. That's assuming you dry your calibration test strips before assessing them of course
I liked the Analyser 500 but ended up getting a Stop CLock 500 because I felt to limited by the Analyser. The lack of dry down support and the programmable steps really were limiting. I do miss getting a quick base exposure without test strips, but it's worth the trade off. Ideally they could make one device to it all.
Hi Firestarter
The StopClock is the one for you if you want to make the finest possible prints, as its two channels, memories and finer resolution offer you more control. The timer part of the Analyser is simpler, it has one channel and no programmable sequences although there is a clever burn-in feature. If you want to add exposure metering, buy a ZoneMaster II to go with your StopClock; you can use the meter to get a work print quickly and then use the StopClock to refine it. The ZoneMaster's metering is identical to the Analyser's.
Is it easy to get use to an F stop timer after only having used a timer that counts in seconds ?
Dry-down compensation is not required on the Analyser because the units's grey scale is showing you the tone on the final, dry, print. That's assuming you dry your calibration test strips before assessing them of course.
...Is it easy to get use to an F stop timer after only having used a timer that counts in seconds ?
Wow i've never heard of this company. So glad I clicked on this thread. I'm definitely getting one of these things when I get some cash.
Wow i've never heard of this company.
In this case having a dry down option would have been nice. Luckily -1/12 of a stop worked ok for the papers I was using.
Another advantage to working in stops - that 1/12 stop adjustment will have the same effect on the paper whatever the original exposure time.
Not to be picky, but isn't 1/12 of a stop equal to 8.33333%?? Which is approximately 27% more than 6%.
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