Contact Printing On A Budget
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- If you are looking at making contact prints in your darkroom and don’t know where to start with putting it all together, this video shows what you need to get printing on any budget. An enlarger is great, but a simple lightbulb, clock, and glass will get you making beautiful prints!
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Something to be said for simplicity. Thanks for the great content.
Found this whilst trying to find your piece on series filters. Very useful, I’ve just ordered a piece of glass for my contact printing, hopefully heavy enough to hold everything flat.
I was watching your video on split grade printing (brilliant, btw), and this one autoplayed. Before I switched it off, I heard you say Weston was the greatest American photog, which is the truth, of course! I love the stories of him with the lightbulb and ticking clock. Off to join the discord server. Thanks a bunch for your work on these vids.
Glad you enjoy them
Great video
A very good reminder that I don't necessarily need so much stuff
Which part? The bare bones examples or the fact I had to rummage through all my junk to show some of the bare bones examples?
Oh man! Timing! Just thinking about this subject today - you posted less than a day ago!
This videos is really helpful. Thank you so much! I've just subscribed.
I use a sheet of foam that came as packaging for something and the glass out of an old broken frame someone gave me. Can't do much cheeper than that. I do use my enlarger for light, though.
Mr. Naked: you are the best!
Thank you!
I have a sinar 4x5 but nothing that’ll enlarge that size negative.
I’ll have to try contact printing, I do have a frame somewhere for it
great video. would an animator's lightbox work? I happen to have one at the moment
Theoretically it would, you just have to try it.
Beautiful topic and interesting! I have made some contact prints by putting the paper an film between 2 thin glass from some cheap frames. I guess I should get some thick glass to make it better. And maybe glass as substrate is not the best choice?
Use it if it works, the FB paper I use has too much curl for a thin piece of glass. It can’t hold it flat. I have to use a heavy piece of glass or a spring back frame to keep it flat. RC paper usually doesn’t have that problem.
Thanks for the info. Any recommendations for an enlarger? I'm limited for space and have a micky mouse darkroom in my bathroom. I'd like one that handles 4x5 negatives
Omega D series
Does the type of light bulb matter? LED or Incandescent? Daylight or soft white?
Yes and no. If you are using standard Multigrade paper then a tungsten balanced bulb will work just fine. Daylight balanced is ok but the excess blue may increase contrast a little. For Lodima paper (or Azo or Lupex) they are more UV sensitive so a very bright bulb is needed (I used a 300 watt).
@@TheNakedPhotographer Thanks! I have never done this before and I excited to try.
For contrast: can you lay the filter sheet between the negative and the paper instead of covering the light source?
If you put it between the negative and paper you will get a blurry print. You can lay it over the printing frame I suppose, but you would need very large filters for bigger prints.
I just tried it with my bathroom light and got a pitch black sheet 😭
Can you use a large say 11 x 14 contact frame for 4 x 5 negative?
Absolutely