Re: RE: What do you like about pinholes/pinhole

One other option for getting an immediate positive (and if you
interested in b&w) is Agfa Scala b&w transparency film, which does come
in 4x5. I've used it before, but only in 35 mm, and I loved it. But I
think this would be very expensive, and I think there are only a few
places in the U.S. , anyway, that actually process it. I agree with
George here...the b&w film isn't that expensive and easy enough to
develop and then scan to a positive--better yet, print as a
cyanotype--that's pretty inexpensive and quick.

Diana

On Oct 27, 2004, at 7:41 AM, George L Smyth wrote:

>
> Quite some time back I gave instructions for processing paper so that
> it would result in a positive image (I have not tried it myself, but
> they were handed down to me long ago). It involves mixing your own
> chemistry, so let me know if you want me to repost the instructions,
> though I can assure you that simply scanning an image would be easier.
>
> Sheet film is not expensive - a sheet of 4X5 will only set you back
> about 50 cents. If you want to go larger then you can use halftone
> film, which is about the same cost for a 10X12 sheet, and process with
> Rodinal or dilute Dektol.
>
> Cheers -
>
> george
>
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> --- On Wed 10/27, Malin Fabbri < altprints@yahoo.co.uk > wrote:
> From: Malin Fabbri [mailto: altprints@yahoo.co.uk]
> To: pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org
> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:12:56 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: [pinhole-discussion] RE: What do you like about
> pinholes/pinhole
>
> Hi all!<br>Thank you very much for all the feedback. Much appreciated.
> One final<br>question...<br>I made some pinholes at the weekend with a
> camera I constructed too.<br>I used Illford developing paper... the
> boring thing is that i get a<br>negative image, so I have to scan it
> in and revers it to make it<br>nice... apart from that I loved the
> depth of field and the quality of<br>the image.<br>I wanted to avoid
> using film, and having too many steps of developing<br>and printing
> before getting the final image. Sheet film is also very<br>expensive.
> Does anyone know of a paper that makes a positive image?<br>Or any
> other way of getting a postitive image instantly... without<br>using
> an expensive polaroid
> backing...<br>Regards,<br>Malin<br><br>=====<br>Malin
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