VARIABLE CONTRAST PAPER - Photographic paper of differing grades of contrast when exposed through special contrast filters.
Variable contrast paper
(see Multigrade paper)
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Large format camera, which has a ground glass screen at the image plane for viewing and focusing.
Variable Contrast Paper: Black and White photo paper whose contrast is controlled by using filters.Kodak Polycontrast and Ilford Multigrade are two examples of Multi-Contrast papers.
Variable contrast paper
Is a printing paper in which contrast can be varied depending on the colour of the printing light. This can be altered by using different colour filters.
Kodaks name for variable contrast paper.
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A computer peripheral that’s used to output prints from digital images or data files.
When using variable contrast paper, you should aim for negatives that print well with a No. 2 filter.
Most of my own printing procedures have changed significantly to take advantage of outstanding variable contrast papers, which give me far greater options and flexibility than I had a decade ago.
If you want to use the zone system for developing (not really needed today with variable contrast paper or scanning) then you can run your tests, and tell them to push or pull as you like.
Concerning TMY, I've had excellant results when developed in PMK Pyro and printed on variable contrast papers. The steepness of the curve in the highlights is controlled very nicely by the built-in low contrast filtration of the pyro stain.
Polycontrast
Kodaks name for variable contrast paper.
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Polycontrast. See Variable contrast paper.
Portrait. The orientation of an image in which the longest dimension is vertical, also called tall orientation. In photography, a formal picture of an individual or sometimes a group.
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