[Early Film]

Radium asks:

Any artifacts caused by factors limited to the recording of the
negative?


I'll limit by reply to B&W VD and B&W VA neg to positive.

In recording, VA is more critical on exposure and gamma.

In printing from the negative, VD is more critical in exposure and gamma.

The artifacts are the same, it is just the degree with which they happen.

Different recording heads may produce different artifacts, but in many
cases the same head can record both VA and VD.

In color printing, I don't have enough experience to answer, since most
of the VD tracks for color that I've run across were done before my lab
time, although I did have to test to print a few old VD negatives on
modern color stock. (Lab time: 1963-1983 included recording, 1984 to
present QC)

Earl.