From: jamesromeo (jamesromeo@mac.com)
Date: 03/24/01-07:05:54 PM Z
on 3/24/01 6:47 PM, Judy Seigel at jseigel@panix.com wrote:
Some of my best Palladium prints are made frome slides. all of my prints in
my last show at Leica Gallery were made from slides. Back in my pro days and
I shot slides in my travel for my own work. when I retired and went into
alt-process I satrted to make large negs from some of my best work from
the past.
You must work with panchromatic film. I used plus x and tmax 100. I used
dectol 1 to 1. Judy you have seen some of my prints that were made from
slides.
Must of my work is 8x10 so I did not have eny problems on film. After you
make a few tests the work is very easy.
James
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> On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Sandy King wrote: I can think offhand of several clear
> advantages to the slide>negative route but perhaps there are caveats to
> consider.
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> Tom Ferguson did this a lot, and he, too, is sharpness oriented, so he may
> have something to add... but if you want to go larger than 8x10 what film will
> you use? To get tone for reds you'd need panchromatic... Is there much pan
> sheet film still available in big sizes?
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> The advantage of course is one step.... and I recall Tom saying he could
> modify contrast with color filters.
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> Judy
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