Oh yeah... I'm officially a LFer!

[jimgalli]

Ahhhh. Another potential lens customer! Welcome Andre. Did you see my mini article a few months back about developing APHS lith films. Check it out. (there was a url link here which no longer exists) Works REALLY slick. And when you get around to playing with the Platinum Palladium you'll find the APHS negs pack a real punch. If they just barely fit onto AZO they'll be dynamite with pt pd.

 

[Foto Ludens]

Jim Galli, you self-marketing devil, repent from your evil ways ! Thanks for posting the link to your article. I've seen it before, but wanted to try stand development first. I'll give Jdef's method and yours a try in the next few sheets. For the next one, I think I'm going to cut down to 1:666 and a bit less initial agitation, and see where that takes me. If it takes me to a thin neg, I'll move on to something else.

Thanks to everyone else, and especially to Jeremy Moore, who hooked me up with the camera and a few other goodies.

 

[Mongo]

Jim...I have to tell you...your article really made me want a larger camera! I got to thinking just how cheap 8x20 would be...and I have a few lenses that will cover. Now if only I could find a cheap camera that could do 8x20 vertically...time to pull out the wood working tools...

 

[Peter Schrager]

8x10

Congrats Andre!! Looks like we got another one.... post soon and often.
Best, Peter

 

[phfitz]

Hi there,

Congrats Andre, welcome to the hunt. For Freestyle's APHS I tripped over an article on the net, if I fine the link I'll post it. PMK pyro with 1/2 of the B solution / 12 min. @ 70*F start time.

Good fun and Great luck with it.

 

[jimgalli]

Jim...I have to tell you...your article really made me want a larger camera! I got to thinking just how cheap 8x20 would be...and I have a few lenses that will cover. Now if only I could find a cheap camera that could do 8x20 vertically...time to pull out the wood working tools...

I've probably done more verticals with the 717 than horizontals but that's kind of the cut off point. I think the 8X20 or the 12X20 would fall to pieces if I tried but the 717 is quite stiff. Don't want to hijack Andre's thread.

 

[Foto Ludens]

Hey, hijack away...

 

[vet173]

Welcome to the big gun club. My 4x5 holders now look like they are for a minox.

 

[phfitz]

Hi again,

I did find the link:
http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/Technical_papers/Kravit%20on%20enl%20neg/Enlarged%20Negatives%20for%20Platinum%20Printing.htm

It is for using APHS film to make enlarged negs for contact printing and using PMK pyro to tame the contrast, should work for camera negs also.

 

[Foto Ludens]

cool, thanks.