Re: Solarized Type 55 Negs on Platinum

["Breukel, C" <cor@lumc.nl>]

Dan,

I've doen this in the past, but my notes are at home, so I hope I have
this right:  What I did was expose PN55 at half the recomended Polaroid
speed, expose, take the Polaroiud holder to the darkroom (bathroom),
pull the neg/pos out, let it develop for a certain time (experiment,
start with half of the recomanded time)), seperate pos from neg, and
flash the negative. Also experiment. I used a very small flash for a
35mm camera, a max blast at a fixed hight. Let the neg. develop further
and proces (the technique has been described in a Polaroid publication).

I recall I got a modest solarization, acceptable Dmin, but the resulting
negative was quite flat. Printed nicely on silver gelatin, as Ziatype it
needed quite some dichromate to boost the contrast.

Best,

Cor

FDanB@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any experience printing camera-original, Polaroid Type
> 55 Negs that have been solarized (flashed midway through development) on
> platinum. A friend is trying this and his exposure times are monstrous.
> Saw some of his negs and the D-min looks mighty high.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any stories of similar experiences...or any hints
> for his future shooting and flashing.
> 
> Dan