When printing B&W negatives from one of my trusty OM's*, I use the following
table as a guide
Contrast Grade Yellow Magenta
1 50 0
1.5 10 10
2 0 0
2.5 5 40
3 5 50
3.5 15 140
4 40 200
Your mileage may vary.
John P
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From: mahlon.r.haunschild <mahlon.r.haunschild@xxxxxx>
To: olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 2:33 AM
Subject: [OM] Using Dichroic Filters for Polycontrast B/W Printing
>Pardon the slightly off-topic question, but I was wondering where I could
find
>out the equivalent C-M-Y values for Ilford variable contrast filters (or
anyone
>else's, for that matter). I'm going to start doing my own printing of my
negs
>(shot with my OM stuff, natch! * ) and have purchased a color enlarger
because,
>well, because it was there.
>
>I would appreciate any help from the collective wisdom, experience, and
>school-of-hard-knocks challenges of the group. Thanks.
>
>Mahlon
>
>* note clever and witty insertion of mandatory Olympus content
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