[Thomas Bertilsson]

Thomas- While I'd agree that Christopher should listen to all advice, there are many of us that disagree with Michael's statement. My experience with the Heiland Splitgrade System has certainly changed my view on this topic.

Please tell us more. Is the Heiland system somehow able to do something that regular split grade printing cannot do?

Edit: I found the Heiland device at the Versalab web site, and at about 2,000 dollars it certainly does eliminate some headache about initial exposure, but at the same time it uses the exact same principle as regular split grade printing does. Again, you get a print with an exposure that could have been accomplished with a single filter that combines the level of filtration and time of the two filters used with the controller. It's more sophisticated technically, but does the same basic thing that you could do with a variable contrast head, dichroic head, or even Ilford filters.