[pure-silver] Re: "And now for something completely different" was Imapro QCR-120
- From: Eric Nelson <emanmb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:42:48 -0700 (PDT)
I never had your luck w/SG contact prints no matter how much windex I used in
terms of dust. :)
The iphone's not very good for reading fine print but I didn't see any info on
how the image is made with the imapro. The Alto basically shoots a very high
def CRT to make it's digi negs.
For using films other than what they have listed, I'd use settings for same
speed films if using b&w since I didn't see any listed on the imapro site. I
was unaware of that brand till today.
Also if money isn't an object, I've heard lightjets do a really good job of
making negs etc.
On Sat Jun 19th, 2010 9:21 AM CDT BOB KISS wrote:
>DEAR CLAUDIO & ERIC,
> To quote Monty Python, "And now for something completely
>different..." I know this is not your question but it is a viable
>alternative. I have used, with Eric's guidance, a different method for
>getting digital files printed on silver-gelatin paper. My problem was a
>great (2 1/4 'Blad neg) photo of some very dark skinned fellows shimmying up
>a greased pole to grab the banner off the top at a local fish festival here
>in Barbados. Obviously I had to shoot up into the sky and, to make it more
>fun, an aircraft passed above the pole exactly as the guys grabbed the
>banner! Of course I used a filter to darken the sky relative to the skin
>tones but, when printing, I still had to do a lot of dodging on the skin
>tones and burning in of the sky. Though I have been printing for about 45
>years I still make mistakes of over dodge and/or over burn so I throw away
>enough prints to cost money and time.
> Solution? I scanned my 2 1/4 neg, did all the adjustments in
>Frotoshop where I could easily avoid/correct any over dodging/burning. I
>then printed a digital neg (to whatever size final print I want) using
>Burkholder's silver-gelatin template with my Epson 3800 onto INKPRESS
>transparency film. I make contact prints under my enlarger using VC
>(multigrade) paper and filters. The results are stunning and I don't throw
>away a single piece or paper any more when printing this image. The
>diginegs are stored for future use. And I am still delivering beautifully
>toned, archivally processed, silver gelatin prints. Pure silver? No.
>More efficient use of time and resources with less impact on the
>environment? Yes. And the results are lovely. On, and did I mention that,
>as long as I keep the contact printing frame clean, I spend NO time spotting
>prints because it was all done in Frotoshop?
> CHEERS!
> BOB
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Nelson
>Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 8:26 AM
>To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Imapro QCR-120
>
>I get good results w/my Agfa Alto on 4x5 although I haven't enlarged beyond
>16x20. The QCR-45 Film Recorder seems to spec a little higher than the Alto
>but there's not much info on the QCR-45 Film Recorder that I could find.
>I use a setting for 100 asa chrome film and end up over developing to gain
>contrast.
>
>Still in the throes of building my new studio so I have to use my iPhone for
>most of my interneting etc which is somewhat limiting..
>Ran into a lot of issues w/the new place..
>
>On Sat Jun 19th, 2010 6:48 AM CDT Claudio Bonavolta wrote:
>
>>Dear All,
>>
>>First my apologies for a question not really "Pure"-Silver but as it is
>about a tool to convert di**al to silver, I hope not to be damned for the
>eternity ...
>>
>>I have the opportunity to buy a used film recorder Imapro QCR-120:
>>http://www.imapro.com/filmrecorders.htm#QCR-120%20Film%20Recorder
>>and would like to have some feedback on this imager (or others, it may
>interest someone else on the list).
>>
>>My expected use is to convert dig**al files into negatives and print them
>onto traditional paper, mostly B/W.
>>
>>I've trying to figure out with the seller and manufacturer what films I can
>use and the technical constraints related to this device (GPIB interface,
>windows drivers, ...).
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>Claudio Bonavolta
>>http://ww.bonavolta.ch
>>
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