dry plate

Dave Wooten · Apr 26, 2008

anyone making dry plate negs?:confused:

Schlapp · Apr 26, 2008

Well, I expose glass plates I have from time to time.

removed account4 · Apr 26, 2008

hi dave

i haven't made / exposed dry plates in a while
( on the list of things-to-do though )

exposing them in camera was fun, but i had more fun using plates as
a glass internegative - and projecting from an enlarger onto them <g>

john

Falkenberg · Apr 26, 2008

Is there anybody that still manufactures dryplates for negatives or do You need to make them yourself ?

Kirk Keyes · Apr 27, 2008

Yes - I've made a couple batches of dry plates. The first one the emulsion was runny and very thin, the second one looked like it was going to be good, but I fogged it my turning on the lights while the plates were drying... I've yet to try again, but I will.

Falkenberg · Apr 27, 2008

are You using standard liquid emulsion ?

athanasius80 · Apr 27, 2008

I made this using Rockland Colloid AG+ a couple years ago. I'll have to dig out my other experiments.

Ryuji · Apr 27, 2008

The key in dry plate emulsion is the contrast and shadow details. Emulsions made originally for printing is too high contrast and in particular too steep contrast in the shadow region (poor shadow details).

dwross · Apr 27, 2008

Dave Wooten said:
anyone making dry plate negs?:confused:

Here are a couple of places with ideas for getting started:

http://www.thelightfarm.com/Map/GlassNegatives/MapTopic.htm

http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/Emulsion/emulsion.html

Best of luck and fun!

d

Kirk Keyes · Apr 28, 2008

Falkenberg said:
are You using standard liquid emulsion ?

I made my own emulsion.

athanasius80 · May 13, 2008

What emulsions have people used for their plates? I've used Ag+ before I'm feeling the need to get more ambitious this summer. Has anyone had luck with the formula described on unblinkingeye.com?

removed account4 · May 13, 2008

hi chris

i haven't made the aj-12 emulsion
but there is a bit of info
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)
and even samples of dry tintypes that kevin klein made.

it looks like a lot of fun!

john

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