I may be one of the few survivors from using a method of extending dynamic range from that era:
rubbing warm or concentrated print developer into the highlights before they go into the stop bath in the dark room
I think the chemistry killed all the others off
Never heard of that one. Does it get details into the highlights? Better than burning?
Changing temperatures and concentrations to push or pull was as far as I have gone.
you saw this?
might be relevant to the discussion
It does work, but is a bit of a cheat, burning is better
Hoping this topic is appropriate for two pictures taken with the 30s Zeiss ikonta and Nokia dumbphone shown below
Here’s mine (I wish):
I do have a Sekonic L-398 battery-less having sold my complicated electronic Gossen long ago.
What a nice piece!
Are there levers on the backside?
Yes, if you search the internet there is view of the back which I
unfortunately didn’t download …
There is a nice blog entry with the system of levers and a page out of the manual.
I’ll ask if I may copy the image into this thread.
