Re: [APML] Tech Pan lives! (and a newish image)

["Jim Janusz" <jjanusz@dc.rr.com>]

Hi John,

 

Great 1396 nothing like going into the archives for a winner.  Have you ever tried developing for a lower contrast index on these brighter objects?  My reason for asking is that when a really great BW image like this is used with color information for LAB or LRGB it totally overwhelms it.  I have been wanting to try other developers but I always give in to D-19.

 

Jim

----- Original Message -----

From: John C. Mirtle

To: astro-photo@seds.org

Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:02 PM

Subject: [APML] Tech Pan lives! (and a newish image)

Thanks to John, Tony and Mike for posting replies to the tech pan question. I will sleep much better tonight! On the other hand, I think that keeping a 150 foot roll or two 'in stock' at all times may not be a bad idea from now on either. I already have a 6 year supply of D-19, as there were rumors of it's demise floating around here a year or two ago.

    To celebrate I have put up a 'new' image (previously unposted) taken on - tech pan! :-) IC1396 ala 8" Schmidt, with nothing more than basic levels and curves adjusted. Comments always welcome. (no dark frame, no bias frame and 17 cents worth of film)

 

http://members.shaw.ca/john.mirtle/ic1396.htm

 

John Mirtle

Calgary, Ab. Canada