Paper Negative

this is PERFECT!
be careful, paper negatives
can be quite addictive !

john

If you didn't say it was paper you would never know. The trick is in the pre flash i believe. Did you pre flash enough to get and change in paper tone or just below it?

I pre-flashed enough to get a tone. Looking at my test strips tonight (and after I made my initial judgment), I'm wondering if there was even a tone at 5 seconds, or one-half the amount I flashed. In other words, I initially thought the first tone was at 10 seconds, but now I'm thinking there is actually a tone at 5. I made a note to try test strips at 4, 6, 8 and 10. I'm using a 7.5 watt bulb in a soup can, an idea I picked up -- like most of my good ideas -- off of an archive thread on this site. I don't have a darkroom, per se. Just a bathroom and some trays.

nice work, enjoyed it!! Like the contrast of the neg vs print, too!

thanks for sharing

hi cdowell

have you tried to contact print your paper negative ?
it is as much fun as shooting it
- john

jnanian said:

hi cdowell

have you tried to contact print your paper negative ?
it is as much fun as shooting it
- john

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Not yet, but that's what I want to try next. My overall plan is to shoot the big Kodak 3A negatives and then contact print those, since those would be big enough to see.

But can I use the same Soup Can light i'm using to contact print, or do I need something stronger? I guess I thought I'd just put the paper in contact, cover with a piece of glass from a frame, try some various times and see what happens. If my flash time is 10 seconds, any thoughts on where I might start with contact printing times? 20 seconds, 120 seconds? I have no idea.

you probably will need a stronger light to print through the paper ..
it is easy to do a test strip to see what the best time would be ...
i know people that just turn the room lights on / off if your other light isn't strong enough ..
i have a 300w bulb in a fixture i usually use for contact prints through paper,
it works great, and the electric company loves me
i'm using a 3A too, they are fun camera