Re: Make contact prints without enlarger?

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Tonghang Zhou wrote: > I've never done any printing myself, but I was reading > about making contact prints from negatives, and it would > seem unnecessary to use an enlarger for this purpose. This is true..however, the negative has to be big enogh to see something in if you'll

Make contact prints without enlarger?

I've never done any printing myself, but I was reading about making contact prints from negatives, and it would seem unnecessary to use an enlarger for this purpose. It seems you'll just need a contact frame and a way to shine light onto it. Of course I don't know how you'd control the exposure ti

Re: Make contact prints without enlarger?

It takes a little experimentation but that's all there really is to it. Put the negatives and paper in a contact frame either in total darkness or under a safe light then expose to room light for say 20 sec. Turn out the light. Process normally. If the result is too dark then expose for less ti

Make contact prints without enlarger?

I've never done any printing myself, but I was reading about making contact prints from negatives, and it would seem unnecessary to use an enlarger for this purpose. It seems you'll just need a contact frame and a way to shine light onto it. Of course I don't know how you'd control the exposure t