[LargeFormat] Paper negatives

[Kent Gibbs]

Thanks.  I believe he sends the images out to a service bureau to make
high res film negatives.  This was an experiment to see what could be
done with just a desktop printer.  I had low expectations for the
success of this and was pleasantly surprised by the result.

Kent

--- Arie <ariek@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Kent
> You may want to check out Dan Burkholder's book and also take a look
> at the
> alt-photo process list if your interested in making digital
> negatives.
> Arie
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kent Gibbs" <kent_gibbs@yahoo.com>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 7:37 PM
> Subject: [LargeFormat] Paper negatives
> 
> 
> > Just thought I would share a unique (for me anyway) experiment I
> tried
> > out tonight.
> >
> >  I don't have my 4"x5" enlarger setup yet and I was looking for a
> way
> > to make larger prints.  I really wasn't happy with the ink jet
> prints I
> > was getting so I decided to try making 8"x10" paper negatives and
> > contact printing them.
> >
> >  I made a 1200 dpi scan of the negative and then adjusted and
> cropped
> > the image to 8" x10" at 360 dpi in Elements.  I then flipped the
> image,
> > inverted the tones and printed it on my an Epson 785EPX printer on
> > normal copier paper at 720 dpi.
> >
> >  I made various test strips on Ilford Multigrade warm tone at a
> variety
> > of exposures and contrast settings.
> >
> >  I must say that I was absolutely blown away with what I was able
> to
> > achieve this way.  The level of detail is much more than I had
> hoped
> > for using this method.
> >
> >  I am interested in doing Calotype salt prints and this pretty much
> > proves that it can be done using negatives this way.
> >
> >  I know that Talbot used paper negatives but for me the digital
> portion
> > had yet to be proved to my satisfaction.
> >
> >  When the prints are dry, I will post them if anyone is interested
> in
> > viewing them.
> >
> >  Very pleased in Seattle.
> >
> >  Kent
> >
> > =====
> > Kent M. Gibbs
> > Knuckle Dragging Ramp Ape
> > (a.k.a. Boeing 777 Flightline Mechanic)
> >
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