Can you enlarge a Fuji fp 100c

[avalladares7439]

I was just wondering if anyone knows if you can enlarge a Fuji fp 100c negative

 

[aRolleiBrujo]

http://www.kryptosinistographer.com/2008/03/technique-for-e.html

 

[winger]

I'm assuming you're asking about negatives you've made by clearing the neg part with bleach/toilet cleaner, rather than by scanning the print. Right? I don't remember if I've done any enlargements from mine, but I do have a couple of contact prints in my pile here, so I'd say it's likely to be possible. I just don't know how much fiddling it might take to get the contrast right.

 

[avalladares7439]

Yes I mean negatives that you obtain after the bleaching processing. Could you possibly explain how you made the contact prints and go in depth about your technique and what products you used to get good contact prints

 

[winger]

I wouldn't call mine "good" contact prints because they were done just to document what was on the negatives. I make contact sheets for all my negatives so I can look through them more easily than looking through the negatives.
I don't know how familiar you are with using a darkroom? I have a darkroom with two enlargers and I use the smaller (a Beseler 23CIII) to do contact prints. I have a marked position on the enlarger for height so all are done the same. I also have settings that work for me to get the paper to be black around the negs. I use the same settings all the time so I can tell how the negs are for when I enlarge them. I usually use Ilford RC pearl paper, Ilford multigrade developer at 1:9 for 1 minute, stop bath for 30ish seconds and Ilford rapid fixer at 1:4 for a minute. They then get to sit in a water bath until I finish all the contacts I need to do, then I wash all of them in running water for about 15 minutes, then they go on screens to dry. This is all pretty standard for printing, it just gets a little more complicated with enlarging.
It should be possible to make a contact print with a bare bulb ( a la Weston), but I've never done it because I have enlargers.

 

[geirtbr]

I have searched around on the internet, and there are some sources that have done ra4 enlargement(for example, https://www.flickr.com/groups/394039@N24/discuss/72157629562490560/ ) that says they have tried, but I didnt see anyone making a successful result without color cast. I will try myself some time, can post you the result if it turns out well.

 

[captain ZZM]

I enlarged a fuji fp 100C negative in bw paper you can see the photo has high contrast and lack of hierarchy. On the other hand, the negative is fragile, it has scratch when l bleached negative.

 

[winger]

Now that I've had a chance to try it, I really like this and plan to do more. Here's the one I tried yesterday just as an experiment - the print is 8x10. Time-wise, it's right in the range I expect for regular negatives. I think it printed easier than they scan, too.