[pure-silver] Re: Common Printing Mistakes
- From: eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx
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- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:48:44 +0000
Done all of those except for #5 - My Durst does not make #5 a problem at all.
Glass holders make switching from neg to neg easier by not having to refocus.
I've solved number 3 by keeping a small dry erase board on the wall near the
enlarger. It's been very helpful, especially since I work on prints over days.
I can leave notes for myself.
As for number 2, a friend taught me to scratch the sheet (finger tip not nail)
and listen to the difference between emulsion and paper sides. Works great.
Here's my list of errors I can't stop making:
Not stopping the lens back down after checking focus.
Not taking the filter out for graded sheets, and wondering why exposures are
taking so long.
Touching and smearing the lens while reaching up to stop up or down while
looking through grain focuser.
Dropping the sheet back into the developer after taking too long to get it out
in the first place.
E.
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Nicholas O. Lindan" <nolindan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Instead counting takes,
> what are your most common mistakes?
>
> For me it's:
>
> #1) Not moving the filters into place before
> exposing MG paper.
>
> #2) Exposing pearl finish RC on the wrong side
>
> #3) Not writing exposure data on the back of the print
>
> #4) Not dusting the negative well enough, which leads
> to #5:
>
> #5) Not refocusing after opening the head to get at
> the negative carrier - Beseler 45 & large prints
> from 35mm: opening the head compresses the lower
> bellows which moves the lens board down a smidgen
> unless the lens board is locked.
>
> #6) Forgetting to lock the lensboard.
>
> ==
> Nicholas O. Lindan
> Cleveland Engineering Design, LLC
> Cleveland, Ohio 44121
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Marvin" <marvbej@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:51 PM
> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Typical Printing Waste
>
>
> > On rare occasions, when the darkroom gods are kind, only the 1/6th of a
> > sheet I use for my Kodak print scale. On MOST occasions, two or three
> > sheets--sometimes a LOT more. And then there are the times when I forget
> > to stop down my lens, inadvertantly move the easel, etc.
> >
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