Glossary

Push and pull processing

Also called: push processing, pull processing

Developing film longer or shorter than rated, to change effective ISO.

Pushing means rating film higher than its box speed (say, Tri-X 400 shot at 1600) and compensating by developing longer. The result is more grain, more contrast, and you got two stops of effective ISO. Pulling is the opposite: rate film lower and develop less, for a tamer image. The app's stock database knows the development time changes for each push/pull stop on common stocks.

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