[LargeFormat] cropping

[Les Newcomer]

> From: "Pete Caluori" <pcaluori@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net
> Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 19:40:56
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] cropping
> 
> From: "rstein" <rstein@bigpond.net.au>
> Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 11:59:53 +0800
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> The large format negative has sooo much more area to play with that
> you can leave a little room around the edges and still get a big image to
> play with. So I adopt the worst-case scenario and imagine that I have badly
> jiggered up my composition but can save it by cropping on the easel - and I
> always leave a little cropping room.
> 
> Uncle Dick
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Indeed Uncle Dick, but like I said, sometimes I'm a slow learner.:)  I just
> emerged from the darkroom after processing 20 sheets of 4x5 and I've got
> about 8 that are so tightly cropped that I'll need a glass carrier to print
> them. It's either that or settle for contact prints.  When will I ever
> learn...
> 
> Regards, Pete


Pete,

find some  3/4" black tape  10" long and rip it to 3/8".  Now place that
around the edge of your Ground Glass.  This will also negate the need to rip
the grafmatic counter out with a pair of needle nose pliers.
> 

les
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