Re: Enlarged negative methodology

Pollmeier Klaus (100561.2417@CompuServe.COM)
29 Apr 96 18:06:58 EDT

Although my method may not be the best, I think it yields results that are not
much worse than 'shooting big': I use an orthochromatic continuous ton film
(AGFA GO 210p) to make an interpositive in the desired print size with all the
dodging and burning in I would do with a normal bromide, fix and wash briefly,
take my (soft) rubber squegee to wipe the excess water off (the film is for
machine use, it doesn't scratch!) and hang it into the drying cabinet. It drys
within 5 minutes or so and when I bring the next film to dry, I can take the
previous one to contact print it to the same film again. This time I fix and
wash better... As the film's contrast can be adjusted by special yellow or blue
filters of the same optical density, I can use the same exposure and developing
time if contrast corrections have to be made. If there is the right music on the
radio, the making of a big negative doesn't take much longer than 20 minutes.

If this film really isn't available in the US, couldn't that be a reason for
Bostick & Sullivan to import it?

Klaus Pollmeier