Maker for Pint (dodging/burn)

Rmaydana · Mar 20, 2022

People, what marker is on the market for writing, I think the best is white, does anyone have experience. thanks for your comments.

Gente, que tipo de marcador, recomiendan para hacer marcas de esquidado y quemado en impresiones oscuras (zonaIII)
para las altas luces el color negro es una solución, para las zonas oscuras debe ser un blanco o amarillo? y que marca y modelo? recomiendan.
gracias

AgX · Mar 20, 2022

What has dodging and burning to do with a marker for writing?

Rmaydana · Mar 20, 2022

AgX said:
What has dodging and burning to do with a marker for writing?

In the dark areas I need to make notes, the pencils or markers in my neighbourhood are not suitable.

AgX · Mar 20, 2022

So you want to write on the emulsion side?

MattKing · Mar 20, 2022

If you have a home printer that serves as a photocopier, you can copy your work print on to copy paper, and then mark that up.
Otherwise, the answer may depend on which paper you are using. Particularly whether it is RC or fibre based.

Rmaydana · Mar 20, 2022

MattKing said:
If you have a home printer that serves as a photocopier, you can copy your work print on to copy paper, and then mark that up.
Otherwise, the answer may depend on which paper you are using. Particularly whether it is RC or fibre based.

Thank you for your comments
I use RC papers and FB

Rmaydana · Mar 20, 2022

AgX said:
So you want to write on the emulsion side?

I’m front

koraks · Mar 21, 2022

Ballpoint
Pencil
Anything sharp
Indelible marker
Basically anything within a radius of 2m from where I'm standing that will leave a legible imprint when I need it.

Although that's probably not the desired answer. Let's see. I think the best, and in fact only acceptable device for this is the Faber Castell TG1-S provided the 0.6mm tip is used. Although it's on the cheap side.

Or just use any old permanent marker and find an appropriate spot to write on the test strip where it's easy to read. Plus, even in dark areas you can fairly easily read the writing if you slant the paper a bit against the light so you can see the ink shine.

AgX · Mar 21, 2022

Four dark areas I would consider a white or silver, laquer marker.

(Over here this would be paint markers of the series 750 and 780 from Edding.)

Rick A · Mar 21, 2022

Red grease pencil/china marker.
https://www.amazon.com/Dixon-Peel-Off-Pencils-12-Count-00079/dp/B00006IFJJ?th=1

MattKing · Mar 21, 2022

Rick A said:
Red grease pencil/china marker.
https://www.amazon.com/Dixon-Peel-Off-Pencils-12-Count-00079/dp/B00006IFJJ?th=1

Grease pencils/china markers work great, but it is important to keep the written on prints away from negatives, because they can "shed" grease pencil, and once the residue gets on a negative ....

Rick A · Mar 21, 2022

MattKing said:
Grease pencils/china markers work great, but it is important to keep the written on prints away from negatives, because they can "shed" grease pencil, and once the residue gets on a negative ....

The OP is referring to writing on the print, keep things clean.....always.

MattKing · Mar 21, 2022

Rick A said:
The OP is referring to writing on the print, keep things clean.....always.

Me too - but the grease pencil material can transfer from print to other surfaces.

snusmumriken · Mar 21, 2022

I only looked at this thread because pints from almost any maker are like a magnet. My favourites currently are Hopback and Dark Star.

If you look at photos of contact prints made by almost any famous photographer, yellow, red or white grease pencil/wax crayon seem to be the accepted norm to identify the killer shots and indicate any cropping. It always seemed an odd choice to me, for the reasons already stated by others. Personally I find a (black) Sharpie stands out pretty clearly against all tones, even the deep shadows, and adequate for contact prints. For dodging/burning notes I prefer to make a little pencil sketch.

pentaxuser · Mar 21, 2022

So, on the likes of a RC gloss surface what markers can be used to give what I think is the OP's desire, namely to make what may be a complicated D&B map on the print surface, some of which might be black areas that is (a) easily seen and (b) quickly, if not almost instantly is absorbed by the surface without danger of smearing if touched?

Some of the suggested methods to do the above may be fine but I was not sure if all such methods addressed the problem of the RC surface. Clearly no problem with a scan of the print which is then printed on paper but I don't think that this was what the OP was asking about

He appears to want to write on the RC surface

Thanks

pentaxuser

Pieter12 · Mar 21, 2022

Try a sheet of acetate taped to the print, use a Sharpie. Or tracing paper and any marker or soft pencil.

Rmaydana · Mar 21, 2022

collected a little bit of everyone,
Wax crayon option
market markers
specialised markers such as eddging 750
one does not escape from the design on paper and make the map dodging and burning.
thank you very much

Rick A · Mar 21, 2022

MattKing said:
Me too - but the grease pencil material can transfer from print to other surfaces.

It's not really grease in the pencil, it's a soft wax. If someone is sloppy and gets it on things not intended, they shouldn't have a DR.

Rmaydana · Mar 21, 2022

Rick A said:
It's not really grease in the pencil, it's a soft wax. If someone is sloppy and gets it on things not intended, they shouldn't have a DR.

ok. gracias

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