[rollei_list] Re: Developing and Printing at Home (was: Re: More first Rolleicord pics...)
- From: Dennis Purdy <dpurdyphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 10:34:54 -0800
On Saturday, Mar 5, 2005, at 10:12 US/Pacific, Richard Knoppow wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ardeshir Mehta" <ardeshir@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 8:33 AM
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Developing and Printing at Home
> (was: Re: More first Rolleicord pics...)
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>
>> Thanks, Richard. I am quite familiar with developing my
>> own pictures. I
>> used to do that a LOT when a teenager. I even have a
>> developing tank
>> which I loaded quite a while ago, but have not had the
>> chance to pour
>> developer into yet! But nowadays I cannot get away from my
>> responsibilities for the necessary chunk of time. My wife
>> and kids and
>> household duties always need my attention throughout the
>> day.
>>
>> I am pretty sure I could also do Platinum printing, with
>> the help of
>> chemicals from Bostick & Sullivan (makers of the *Hobo*
>> hand-held 8x10
>> camera) - though I have never done it before. But I want
>> LARGE prints -
>> 16x20 inches, centred on full size (22x30 inch) rough
>> textured water
>> colour paper. I can get the inter-negatives done at a lab
>> here. This
>> will mean I shall need three or four HUGE trays! And a
>> huge working
>> area. Not to mention a huge contact frame, or two huge
>> pieces of glass
>> which I can clamp together, sandwiching the inter-negative
>> and prepared
>> paper. My home is not THAT big.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>>
>> +++++
> Platinum prints do not have to be large. Even prints from
> Rollei negatives will have the special quality of this type
> of printing. The main drawback of Platinum/Paladium printing
> is the cost of the metal. Pladium used to be cheaper but its
> now about the same as Platinum. There are other alternative
> methods which are much cheaper and not too difficult.
> Dick Sullivan is an old friend. Before he moved to Santa
> Fe he lived nearby and I saw him all the time. B&S are very
> good folks and will help with learning any of the processes
> they sell material for. A shameless plug if there ever was
> one.
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
Platinum printing is my method and has been for 20 years..(I am B&S
customer number 25 or so). With the incredible cost of silver paper
these days it is really just about as cheap to make a pl/pd print. But
as you say there some other processes that are very good and cheap
enough to fool around and have fun with. This guy :
http://www.wynnwhitephoto.com/ has a great volume of information on
various processes and is a very affable and helpful guy to communicate
with. As you say Bostick and Sullivan are helpful people as well and I
have had good conversation with their son Kevin who is very
knowledgeable and solved a long standing process problem for me.
Dennis Purdy
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