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Thanks Kevin. What you're doing is aweseome! It is extremely insightful to hear about your efforts in the trenchs. ;)

Thanks! That does help. :)

I know the effect of changing the rating and the effect of pulling or pushing. But would what's described here have no effect ultimately?

I know this topic has been covered but from various angles. But I needed a declarative statement. Your answer was succinct and complete. Thanks so much David!

Please help. I am trying to guide my steps in buying diffusion and gels. Trying to understand the what families of diffusion are supposed to do and in what circumstances I might want to reach for a certain type. For example 216,250, 251(i understand these are different strenghts) vs the frost family vs grid cloth family, etc. Is muslyn(sp) considered diffusion? Anyway, I just need general guidelines about what they are going to do to the light passing through it and under what circumstances seasoned DPs reach for certain diffusion. Besides the obvious which is to soften the light source. Also does anyone know of an inexpensive way to house and keep the gels/diffusion organized. I've seen milk crates with labels is that the best way. Thanks! -D

I am a newby to using film. When I derate or uprate a stock say I rate 500t as 320t or go the opposite direction. I'm trying to understand what happens when the negative gets processed. I'm also trying to understand what happens when I request push and pull processing. Is it effectively the same thing? Not knowing any better I'd say yes but I see people combine the two frequently. I just need a concise article or some insight from one of you gurus about how this works. it gets processed. and trying to get used to rating stock differently and understanding what the lab does if you tell them to rate the stock differently vs push/pull. The guy at the desk at Fotokem had no clue. Thanks! -D