Pre-washing.

[tim_c]

Is it advantageous to pre-wash your SD card before development? Some people on other forums say it reduces grain and increases colour depth...

 

[Stelios]

What are you talking about? The M8 has no visible grain.

 

[Jeff S]

Just use very little agitation. SD cards are quite sensitive and become easily disturbed.

Jeff

 

[tim_c]

Less agitation ok. What's the best temperature to run Adobe Lightroom at, 20 deg?

 

[Jeff S]

Use a compensating timer so that it will run faster if the temp increases during a printing session.

Jeff

 

[Keith]

Having moved on to CF cards I look back on SD and wonder why people bother with that puny little format.

I get much more detail and less grain from my CF images!

 

[degruyl]

Keith has the right idea, but he didn't go far enough: the floppy disk is the format of the future, mark my words. It beats the puny formats available today, hands down.

I do watch my agitation, though. I stand develop in very low concentration electrons.

 

[seifadiaz]

Keith has the right idea, but he didn't go far enough: the floppy disk is the format of the future, mark my words. It beats the puny formats available today, hands down.

I do watch my agitation, though. I stand develop in very low concentration electrons.

Are you talking about 8-inch large format floppies? or the measly 3.5 inch ones?

 

[degruyl]

Are you talking about 8-inch large format floppies? or the measly 3.5 inch ones?

I have both. The 8inch floppies are a pain to carry around. And the tripod is murder.

 

[jamato8]

I have been thinking about going back to tape. Sure there is the reels and all but the control, latitude and also going back to vacuum tubes is the best ever.

 

[Keith]

Three more posts and we'll back to a sketch pad and stick of charcoal I reckon!

 

[tj01]

Floppies are great for 5X7 contact prints. However, my local store don't stock them anymore. How about your area ?

 

[jamato8]

Sony will stop producing he floppies in the next few months so stock up while you can or try ebay.

 

[antiquark]

I chuckle at you SD users. Do you not know that a nuclear pulse will erase your precious photos?

There's only one answer, people: iron core memory, the choice of the post-apocalyptic photographer! Nuclear wars be damned, I'm gonna keep taking pictures!

http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/core.html

 

[Ming Rider]

Three more posts and we'll back to a sketch pad and stick of charcoal I reckon!

Aren't we all forgetting the finest format. Wax Drums?

Not so good in a holacaust though . . .

When using SD, I miss out the bleach.

P.S. Keith. Very creative avatar there and ever so extratestical (sorry terrestrial). Though I should point out you seem to have cut yourself shaving. I would love to see a larger version of this.

 

[drewbarb]

This whole thread earns a Rim-shot Award. ( Ba-Dum TSSS! )

 

[bluepenguin]

If you invest to use high quality DLT tapes, you could minimize the grain effect 99%.

 

[steelduck]

Bah. Floppies and Diskettes are OK for occasional snaps, but you cannot beat the punch card. Fully mechanical and just check out the grain:

 

[antiquark]

Wax cylinders have their down side, though...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8gdhZxbuzo

 

[Stelios]

This thread is out of control. the original post was about pre washing sd cards and now we are talking about different formats.