karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > regarding black and white, might I suggest another approach? "Eastman Fine > Grain Positive Release Film" can be bought in 100 foot rolls very > cheaply - it's an orthochromatic film that can be handled under red > safelight and can be processed in normal paper developer by inspection. This worked very well for me. I didn't actually process by inspection, though; I bracketed exposures. Film is cheap. > I've had a lot of success making slides from B&W negs in the > following way - Take a contact frame or sheet of glass, lay a cut of > section of EFGPRF down (emulsion side up) then lay your neg ontop of > it, emulsion side down. Set your enlarger to some point (mark it > off, you can repeat this later) and open your lens up, make a 'test > strip' exposure of say 2, 4, 8, 16 seconds and develop it, watching > (and timing!) the development as you go. I used a front-surface mirror, and then printed from my enlarger into a camera body. The camera body gave me a convenient shutter to control the short exposures. > stop and fix as normal then gauge which is the best exposure time such that > you include the highlight details and maybe modify your development for > the dark areas on the slide (your dmax) I occasionally had to re-shoot a slide when the just exposure adjustment wasn't enough. By varying development you can get different contrast levels. > you'll find you get pin sharp slides with a lot less fuss than by copying > the images :-) Sharpness was first-rate, yes. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
