My interpretation of what Jens is saying is that you can change the exposure and the development of the film to change the contrast of the film. In other words, pushing and pulling the film.
So he is correct to say that it has nothing to do with printing. This doesn't work as well for slide film as it does for negatives, and most slide films don't pull very well, if at all. However, personally I don't really think this is about exposure, I think it's about chemistry. You are correct that the point I was trying to make, obviously not very well, is that in a controlled test or learning situation, one has to control the number of variables. -- Cheers, Bob > > My interpretation of what Bob is saying is that, especially > for someone learning about exposure, you need to limit the > number of variables. By concentrating on using slide film > you have a standard processing procedure that produces an > immediately viewable image. You can observe the effects of > what you have done easily. If you go through print making, > there are all sorts of other variables to consider that do > not help the person who is trying to learn what is going on > inside their camera. The "secondary" variables of print > making (and, to a similar extent, display of digital images) > are things that can be learned once the person is comfortable > with the output from the camera. > > For what it's worth, I agree with him. > > mike > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > virus-checked by McAfee > visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > > >
