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rec.photo.darkroom Discussion: Re: B&W Color Rendition

From: Dan Quinn (dan.c.quinn_at_email.domain.hidden)
Date: Wed Apr 07 2004 - 05:31:59 EDT


RE: "Norman Worth" <nworth_at_earthlink.net> wrote

> I looked at the Ilford website just to be sure about the response
> of PanF+. The response is generally pretty flat, but it falls
> off severely...

  To be fair Pan F+ does do as well as many of the others.
  Falls off severely... At the red end they all do and most
at about 630 to 640nm. Delta 3200, IIRC, will make 680nm and Tech
Pan will make the lower 700s.
  Now about that blue end. Ilford tests using 2800K tungsten light.
You will see that all their films drop severely some where around
400nm. That is not the case with Agfa and Kodak, both of which do
not specify the source of light for testing.
  BTW, have you ever used a Macbeth Color chart to test film? Dan