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I took a darkroom printing lesson yesterday and I think I've found my new favourite thing in photography We used RC paper and my only really successful print was a 4x5 contact, but I'm really excited about getting back in soon to do some proper enlargements on fiber base and learn about split filtering. That said: I'm thinking it could be a fun project to shoot some 4x5 portraits and contact print them onto 5x7. I'm thinking something like this would work as a frame, but I don't understand why the Australian website gives different dimensions. As long as the mat (/mount) size opening is the same (12 x 17cm) I should be alright, yeah? (Apologies if this is more a General Questions question, just wanted to tack this onto my gushing about darkroom printing.) [edit: posted the wrong link to the Aussie website, fixed rohan fucked around with this message at 03:53 on Jan 17, 2016 |
# ¿ Jan 17, 2016 03:35 |
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# ¿ Apr 30, 2024 01:05 |
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nielsm posted:13x18 cm is the name of the sheet size. So the paper can be kept in place by the passepartout, the opening obviously has to be slightly smaller.
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# ¿ Jan 17, 2016 12:10 |
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Is there an appreciable difference between a 00 and 0 filter for split-filter printing? I'm using a public darkroom right now that has several sets of Ilford filters, but none of them include a 00 filter.
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# ¿ Apr 3, 2016 12:24 |
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McMadCow posted:I teach an advanced darkroom class and I start my students off using 00 and 5 just for the sake of simplicity. In my own practice I actually do 0 and 5. I find that for a main exposure, the 00 reduces the contrast just a little too much so I stick with 0. I've been doing it for a very long time, however, and it is a very small distinction that I doubt most people would notice. 0 is fine if you don't have a 00 and there's very little chance you'll see the difference. Also, I don't want to give the wrong impression about the darkroom -- their sets of under-the-lens filters seem complete, except they have a safelight filter where the 00 filter should be. They do have 00 filters for the filter drawer, but that doesn't do me any good for the 4x5 enlarger. I might pick up my own set anyway, just to guarantee a scratch-free set.
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# ¿ Apr 4, 2016 11:29 |