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

You can contact print those paper negatives. It just takes a little
longer.

Nick

On Oct 27, 2004, at 7:29 AM, Diana Bloomfield wrote:

> 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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