Let Us Now Praise Contact Proof Sheets

Your approach to contact sheets can be described as...

  • Waste of my time, waste of my money, don't need them to judge a negative

    Votes: 11 15.1%

  • Do it for some negs, ballpark exposure is OK, as long as I see what's on there

    Votes: 3 4.1%

  • I do them conscientiously for most of my negs, to the best of my abilities, not all are good

    Votes: 35 47.9%

  • I work on them with as much dedication I would on a print

    Votes: 8 11.0%

  • I scan my negs, what's a contact sheet?

    Votes: 6 8.2%

  • Other... (please elaborate)

    Votes: 10 13.7%
  • Total voters
    73

npl

Member
Joined
Nov 28, 2021
Messages
206
Location
France
Format
35mm
Before I got my enlarger I tried cyanotype contact sheets on watercolor paper a couple of times. It's quite nice when the exposure is good (not like these) and it's a fun way to have quick positives without using precious photo paper.
 

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kykr

Member
Joined
Jun 2, 2022
Messages
31
Location
Northern WI
Format
35mm
I’m a big fan and this is one of the biggest reasons I got back into film again. When I’m able to see other photographer’s contact sheets, I can get an idea of how they worked through the situation - bloopers and all.

A full sheet of keepers is like a studio musician nailing it in the first take.
 

Sirius Glass

Subscriber
Joined
Jan 18, 2007
Messages
50,382
Location
Southern California
Format
Multi Format
Contact sheets are also useful later when I am searching for a negative to reprint.
 
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