Practice question · True or false
A grade 5 filter and a grade 00 filter require the same print exposure on Ilford Multigrade paper.
Hints
- The filter set is designed with a deliberate break in it.
- The break falls between grade three and a half and grade four.
Show the answer
False
Why
False. Filters 00 to 3½ are speed-matched to each other, but grades 4 and 5 need twice the exposure, a whole stop more. Forgetting the break is the usual reason a hard filter yields a print that is not merely contrasty but hollow, with no black at all.
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