John, just a thought, perhaps you could have an
internegative made at a pro lab. and then use that as
a basis for the final print. Or if you have or have
access to a slide copy setup then try copying the
slide onto Tmax CN yourself. John Robison
--- "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Definitely OT:
> I'm trying to get some 35mm Agfa Scala 200X
> transparencies printed; 5x7 and
> 8x10 or 8x12 enlargments, at least one with some
> cropping. Does anyone
> know of a decent lab in the U.S. that can do a good
> job of this on some
> type of B/W paper rather than "R" color paper?
> Normally I don't print
> transparencies, I project them, but this is rather
> special. Attempting
> printing B/W on color paper hasn't gotten acceptable
> results in the past.
> Don't want to spend a fortune doing this either.
> Tried using a "Kodak
> Creation Station" with the slide scanner. It had
> unwanted contrast
> increase and the scan resolution just isn't quite
> there for 8x10's. A real
> print would be much better.
>
> The rest of the story:
> A local friend is a professional photog who does
> weddings, commercial, etc.
> I was over at his studio a couple weeks ago doing
> an experiment with him
> for some special double exposures to get the
> technique down.
>
> He and his (beautiful) wife are a young couple and
> she was just diagnosed
> with cancer that they are knocking down with chemo
> before proceding with
> surgery. Having just started the chemo, she wanted
> to get a portrait
> session before hair loss, etc. After we got done
> with the double exposure
> experiment, she collared him to do a portrait
> session, and he asked if I
> wanted to see how his strobe studio lighting setup
> worked. He ran out a
> roll of film and asked if I wanted to try it using
> the lighting . . . so I
> ran out roll of Portra 400VC in the OM-1n body.
> Never having used studio
> strobes before, that was an interesting experience,
> and very different from
> the on-camera I've done in the past.
>
> Then I remembered there was a half roll of Scala
> 200X left in an old Contax
> IIIa RF and asked if he had ever done any B/W of
> her. Nope. I pulled out
> the old RF, plugged the PC cord and started shooting
> with it. (I don't
> recommend doing studio portraits using old RF's with
> knob winders, small
> viewfinders and parallax to worry about.) The
> results on the Scala 200X
> which I had only used before for architectural and
> scenic were surprisingly
> good. Noticeably more latitude than a color E-6 or
> K-14 transparency and
> very nice mid-tones; the biggest surprise was the
> excellent skin tones.
> I'm wishing it had been B/W negative like Tri-X or
> TMax 100 because now I
> need to get some prints done of the transparencies
> for them.
>
> Mental attitude is half the cancer battle and I'm
> very glad we did the
> session. The hair loss occurred abruptly this past
> week. His color negs
> came out very nice and I'm hoping to provide a few
> large B/W's. (I used a
> soft focus filter on the OM-1n with the Portra; it
> turned out to be too
> strong and the images are too soft.)
>
> TIA
> -- John
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