[LargeFormat] Big Old Cave - making positives.

[Saffron Branfoot]

Hi Leigh,
I am fairly new to the list, and am pleased to see some discussion starting 
up.
I use large format of various sizes ( 5x7, whole plate and 10x8) but also 
wanted to use earlier MF and 35mm work for making salt prints. For that I 
wanted larger negatives, so make a print then contact it onto Ilford Ortho 
film. I have also used Scala B&W  film enlarged to make paper negatives for 
gum printing, so guess these could then be contact printed onto film 
instead - to produce a positive. A bit convoluted but one way to go.
All the best,
Saffron.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leigh Solland (on Chickadee)" <solland at telusplanet.net>
To: "f32 Large Format Photography Mail List" <largeformat at f32.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Big Old Cave


> Hi Mike,
>
>
>> Wow, the really hard approach of cutting your own film etc. -- 
>> impressive. I guess I went the "easy route" of just 4x5 sheets ;-)
>
>
> Well, I couldn't find film to fit the 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 holders, so I bought 
> some 4x5 film to cut down.  That disturbed my sense of "waste not/want 
> not", so I went looking for alternatives.  Now I can make any size I want, 
> for WAY cheaper (I am poor), and I can even use the cutter to make other 
> things, such as backing paper for 116 rolls.  It's much easier than it 
> might seem -- the only thing that makes it interesting is that you have to 
> work in total darkness.  Makes me wonder if the companies making film and 
> paper ever intentionally hired blind people to work in their dark 
> factories.
>
>
>> I started out with a Super Speed Graphic 45 (but hated the weight) since 
>> I've had a Crown Graphic 23 with 120 film for years, went on to a cheap 
>> wooden field camera (which was rather limited in movements) and have 
>> since graduated to a brand-new Arca Swiss "Field" Camera...
>
>
> We always seem to find another one to buy, don't we?  I have Speed 
> Graphics in 3x4, 4x5 and 2x3 now, plus a Busch Pressman in 2x3.  (I have 
> decided that 2x3 is "medium format" if it is in rolls, and "large format" 
> if it is in sheets.  How's that for arbitrary?)
>
>
>> By the way, for B&W sheets, I am using a JOBO Multitank 2 (I think it's 
>> their 2521 model). It'll load up to 6 sheets and the development process 
>> by hand is just like a 135/120 tank (load in perfect darkness, but 
>> develop in normal daylight). I learned the hard way, though, that no 
>> matter what the directions say (or anything you read online), you need 50 
>> oz. of the chemicals...
>
>
> That's a good idea.  I have a Paterson processing unit that has been 
> sitting in a box since I got it a couple of years ago, waiting for me to 
> start working in color.  I hadn't thought of using it for sheet b/w, but I 
> will.  Thank you.
>
>
>> Sorry, can't help you on making positives, since I have never done 
>> that...
>
>
> Richard Knoppow has suggested that I use paper 
> internegatives/interpositives/whatever.  I think that is an idea well 
> worth pursuing, but I would still be interested to hear from anyone who 
> has used film for that.
>
> Regards,
> Leigh
>
>
>
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