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How to Dial In Exposure and Contrast with One Darkroom Test Strip

By Matthew Koller

Type
Article
Level
Intermediate
Price
Free
Published
2026
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About this lesson

A darkroom-printing tutorial showing how to read a single test strip to place highlight exposure first, then judge shadow density at that same exposure to decide whether contrast grade needs to change, using a highlight-compensation factor to carry exposure between grades.