On Saturday, April 27, 2002 at 11:59, T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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wrote re "Re: [OM] Developing B+W -- how many" saying:
> On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Daniel J. Mitchell wrote:
...
> > But taking the time to print up 36 4x5 prints is a pretty imposing
> > proposition -- what do people out there who have darkrooms do in this sort
> > of situation? Do you just do contact sheets then enlarge the "good" ones to
> > 8x10? All of them to 4x5 and pick through them there? Something in the
> > middle? Do you just get an 'eye' for the ones that're worth enlarging,
> > because at the moment I can certainly tell the duds at 1:1 size, but there's
> > a lot of others that might be worth blowing up, but there's still a lot of
> > them to make up intermediate sizes of before I go the whole way.
> >
>
> I guess you'll get the combined answer of "yes" here. There are probably
> as many ways of working in a darkroom as there are people.....
>
> I usually do contact sheets on the same day (well...night) as I do the
> films. Then, equipped with a thick pen (I find that red or green works
> best) and a magnifying glass, I look at all the negatives and mark those
> to print and those not to print, along with some information (mostly
> contrast).
You may want several strengths of magnifying. A 4x to 8x loupe is good for
full frame. To check sharpness, use a 20x or 30x.
When I worked for Yousuf Karsh, I put my films in the 8x10 enlarger and
enlarged the whole roll to 16x20....
tOM
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