[pure-silver] Re: OT Large Format Question
- From: "Stein" <rstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 22:56:37 +0800
Dear Justin,
Printing Panoramas
1. Select enlarger. 6 x 12 will print on a 4 x 5 enlarger. 6 x 17 needs
a 5 x 7 and 6 x 24 will presumably need an 8 x 10.
2. Select supplier. Old camera store, Claumet or B&H, or pro lab
somewhere in town that is either closing down or going digital.
3. Select approach. Sidle into camera store and pretend to ogle the girl
assistants, all the while letting your eyes slide around and look for the
enlargers. Ask offhand if they still sell any - offer them half what they
ask and bargain up from there. If all else fails ogle the shop assistants.
If you are trying one of the pro labs offer a quarter of what you think
it is worth and go from there. Do not be ashamed to wheedle or grovel.
Auctions also work.
4. Enlarge onto paper - feed paper into roller processor, small end-on,
or into trays. Steam prints flat, trim off the claws and tails, and mount
onto standard board. Sell for high price as art or low price as landfill.
The practicalities of the negative in the enlarger center chiefly around
supporting it flat in the carrier. Glass carriers with a black paper mask
are a good way or a home-made open carrier insert made of black mounting
board also works. I use this method when I hold 6 x 9 strips in a 4 x 5
carrier. When you put two 6 x 12 panoramas on one sheet of 4 x 5 film it
just sits in the carrier as per normal.
Uncle Dick
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