RA4 Reversal printing - results

Photo Engineer · Feb 19, 2015

Well, the color balance and exposure conditions were so "weird" that I had a hard time at first. So, I hesitate to say anything about the paper usage you might encounter. After I got used to it though, I could usually hit it right on for landscapes, but portraits were very hard.

But, the Silver image cannot be judged in any way, nor can the unbleached/unfixed image be judged. Finish the process and then dry the print before judging.

PE

Roger Cole · Feb 20, 2015

I miss Type R. (Or Ilfochrome but Type R was cheaper and this more like a "non-optimized type R like" process; it's certainly not dye bleach...)

Anyway, we'll almost certainly never see commercially marketed direct pos print materials again. Sigh. When I get back into RA4 I'll have to also experiment with this.

amellice · Feb 20, 2015

Photo Engineer said:
Well, the color balance and exposure conditions were so "weird" that I had a hard time at first. So, I hesitate to say anything about the paper usage you might encounter. After I got used to it though, I could usually hit it right on for landscapes, but portraits were very hard.

But, the Silver image cannot be judged in any way, nor can the unbleached/unfixed image be judged. Finish the process and then dry the print before judging.

PE

Thanks Ron, I'll give it a try this weekend with my Ilford Multigrade dev and will try to scan some results

pentaxuser · Feb 20, 2015

Thanks PE I was afraid that the truth of the matter would be as you stated. No short cuts. Once you have it nailed, full details need to be kept in case you ever need to do another print.

pentaxuser

RA4 Reversal printing - results

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