Practice question · Put in order
Arrange these paper grades from the softest to the hardest.
- Grade 0
- Grade 2
- Grade 3
- Grade 1
- Grade 4
- Grade 5
Hints
- The softest grade accepts the widest range of negative densities.
- The numbering runs the same way as the contrast.
Show the answer
- Grade 0
- Grade 1
- Grade 2
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
- Grade 5
Why
The run from 0 to 5 is worth about three stops of negative density in total, or roughly half a stop per grade. That is the whole latitude the paper offers, and it is why a negative two zones outside what the paper can hold has to be fixed in development rather than at the enlarger.
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