Re: Candlelight photos

[Bob Blakely <Bob@Blakely.com>]

Well, when we were kids, we used to develop old Tri-X (ASA 400) in Rodinal straight at 95 deg F for about 15 minutes. This produced somewhere about ASA 8000. That's a little better than 4 stops. Lots 'o grain and three shades (black, gray & white.) By accident, some images were quite haunting.

Regards,
Bob...
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From: trevor cunningham

I was talking to an old parish priest last night who taught, among a mountain of other things, photography in Nigeria for about 27 years.  I told me about this developer called "Promicron" and extended development that allowed for candid photographs in extreme low-light conditions at 1/125 that produced fantastic results.  He said that he even used candle light as a source.  What modern techniques are available for such devious activity?