- Dr5
dr5, or dr5-chrome, is a reversal
black-and-white process, via which most kinds of black-and-white negative films produce transparencies (slides). It was invented by David Wood, a photographer turned photographic chemist. The dr5 process is a chemical reverse process rather than the standard 'light reverse' for B&W transparency.History
dr5, the 5th incarnation or the process, by experimentation. Though
reversal film processing is commonly known, the dr5 process is unique both in recipe and procedure. The process is proprietary byTrade Secret . Done privately until1998 , the process teamed shortly withA&I [A&I's website is [http://www.aandi.com here] .] labs in Los Angeles CA [" [http://www.rangefindermag.com/magazine/archives/Jan05/labpro.tml Lab Profile: dr5: B&W Chromes Reborn With Proprietary dr5 Process] ", "Rangefinder," 2005.] . The dr5 process won best new product in1999 at the '99 [http://www.photoplusexpo.com/ppe/index.jsp Photo Expo-Plus] [http://www.dpreview.com/news/0110/01100402photoplusexpo2001.asp Expo review] . In2001 dr5 opened an independent lab at 38th and 8th in New York City [http://nyc.kudzu.com/merchant/map/5576999.html] . The lab used a processor made to dr5 specifications by Tecnolab [Tecnolab's website is [http://www.tecnolab-international.com/ here] ] inItaly . [" [http://www.rangefindermag.com/magazine/archives/Jan05/labpro.tml Lab Profile: dr5: B&W Chromes Reborn With Proprietary dr5 Process] ", "Rangefinder," 2005.] The dr5 lab relocated to Denver Colorado [ [http://www.shutterbug.com/news/063005dr5/] relocated to Denver Colorado] in 2005.References
External links
*Bedell, Steve. " [http://shutterbug.com/techniques/digital_darkroom/0206traditional/ A Traditional Photographer Merges Film and Digital Techniques: The Art and Craft of Richard Lohmann] ". "Shutterbug", February 2006. Profile of photographer
Richard Lohmann , Photographic Professor at San Mateo, CA using dr5.
*Mabry, Nicole. " [http://jpgmag.com/stories/1092 dr5: A Fresh Spin on Cross Processing] ". "JPG", 13 July 2007.
*Schaub, George. " [http://www.shutterbug.net/techniques/film_processing/0205dr5/index.html dr5 Labs: Renewing The Black And White Lease] ". "Shutterbug," February 2005.
*Van Os, Joe. " [http://www.photosafaris.com/Articles/DoctorWoods.asp 'Doctor' Wood's Amazing .dr5 Black and White Transparencies] ". Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris, 2008.
*" [http://www.6x14.com/filmtests.html dr5 / negative development grain comparisons] "
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