> Hi, just wondered if people ever put paper negatives in the enlarger. If > so, are there any problems with it? > --shannon
>I'd rather shoot paper the size of the intended final print and >contact print them after. >Guillermo Actually, Shannon, it is easy enough to enlarge paper negatives. The main thing is to have negatives on a single-weight paper. I was making 4x5 paper negatives in my homemade, balsa wood camera with Kodabromide Grade 2 paper [unfortunately, Kodak doesn't manufacture this WONDERFUL fiber based paper anymore]. I had fun enlarging them. I would cut off the safety lights and stare at the enlarger base for a while until I "saw" the focus. Explosure times are fairly long...upwards 2 minutes, if I remember correctly. No hard fuzzies; no bad problems, although I would assume that after too long a time you would start seeing the paper fibers. If you want to enlarge them...do it. Otherwise, make a camera that makes a 5x7 [12,8x17,8] or an 8x10 [20,3x25,4] paper negative. Then contact print. Good point, Guillermo. Rosanne
