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Is that the correct term? Anyway, are any of you still/also printing medium format/35mm with an enlarger? I'm thinking of getting an enlarger (again) and doing some analog printing. Maybe to improve the quality, as opposed to scanning med frmt with a flatbed. Any thoughts on this? I know it may be considered a step backwards, but then, so am I. :p
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taulen
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« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2011, 04:43:43 PM » |
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Call it whatever you want  But yeah, I dont enlarge, but have done a few 4x5 contact prints, and I love them, even tho they are a bit small. Go ahead, think you will like (again?), it has a calming affect on me at least =) |
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« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2011, 05:04:24 PM » |
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Absolutely, in all formats from 35mm to 8x10...but I never claim normalcy either. I'd say go for it, equipment is cheap to free these days and there's just something so damn satisfying printing your own images as well.
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martolod
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« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2011, 05:34:24 PM » |
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i'm starting to get my dark room together....amidst protestations from the good lady wife. :rolleyes:
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« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2011, 05:55:50 PM » |
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I agree. Even contact prints are therapeutic. And, the smell is a bonus.
J.
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« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2011, 09:32:34 PM » |
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One of the most satisfying things about photography for me was watching a print come to view in the darkroom. I miss my big old D5 enlarger.
PF
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« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2011, 08:54:50 AM » |
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Huh? I thought most of us here are still printing in the darkroom, guess I'm wrong  Gerry, there is no better time to get into darkroom printing than now. I went from being a digital weenie (never used a camera seriously before then) to a B&W printer in the span of five years. As far as quality improvement from flatbed scans, there's no comparison. To hold your own print, especially the ones that works, is immensely satisfying. Minor quibbling: I detest the term 'wet-print' and prefer darkroom-print. But I acknowledge that not all printing are darkroom bound (those myriad alternative printing process for example). |
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« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2011, 11:26:43 AM » |
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Hi Gerry,
I was a darkroom ptinter for over 30 years and, to me, watching a b&w print come up in the developer was one of the most exciting parts of the whole photographic process.
As mentioned earlier, darkroom gear is incredibly inexpensive. I would suggest you get the best enlarger lens you can afford and an enlarger that can be solidly mounted.
Goodluck,
George
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Andrea
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« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2011, 12:47:08 PM » |
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Yep, I'm doing darkroom. Using any paper I can get my hands on - and love. When the wind is howling up here, its the bes place to be.
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martolod
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« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2011, 01:18:08 PM » |
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hi andrea ..and long time no post.
it's coming up for winter here...welll stuff that passes for winter south australia..... :rolleyes:
so now that i got my new floorboards down i will getting back into wet printing meself.
when wind is howling outside, and i'll a dram or two islay single malt to keep me company. :cool:
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« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2011, 03:26:56 PM » |
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If you can print in a darkroom do it by all means. I used to print in a darkroom when young, and it was the best part of photography. I stopped doing darkroom way back in the early 1970s.
Start with medium format - it is easier than 35mm, because dust gets less enlarged. Try to get an enlarger that can take 120 / 620 film, with a solid mount and the best lens you can.
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