From: William Marsh (redcloud54@earthlink.net)
Date: 09/10/02-01:35:39 PM Z
Shannon,
I think Swiffers are scratchy right out of the box, and, as they pick up
any grit they touch, would only become more scratchy over time. But
then I could be completely wrong! I prefer canned air and Spotone.
regards,
Bill
Paul Martinez wrote:
>
> Wasn't Weston a big fan of the Azo - Amidol combination?
>
> Azo it might not be a *modern* paper, but you can buy
> it at the store and the scale is pretty long. I
> knocking out some contact prints over the weekend and
> with a 15 watt enlarger bulb, printing times are at
> least a few minutes.
>
> On Tue, 10 September 2002, lrryr@attbi.com wrote:
>
> >
> > Wrap some tape around the bulb, leaving a smaller and
> > smaller area open untill you get what you want. At
> 7.5
> > watts heat shouldnt be an issue.
> >
> > Larry
> > > My excuse for asking this question is that we
> > discussed a month or so
> > > ago the fact that Weston printed with a light
> bulb.
> > It was suggested
> > > that you could do this nowadays by using a 7 1/2
> watt
> > bulb and
> > > regular silver gelatin paper. I did that today,
> > somewhat
> > > successfully, but the printing times were really
> > short, like 8
> > > seconds. The light bulb is about 40" above
> the paper,
> > as high as I
> > > can reach. IT's an unfrosted bulb. I had a
> reflector
> > on it but that
> > > caused hot spots, so I took it off. How can I
> slow
> > these times down
> > > to have more time to manipulate the print? These
> > modern papers are
> > > shockingly fast! And their scale is shockingly
> short!
> > >
> > > The other burning question is: would Weston have
> used
> > Swiffers to
> > > clean his negatives?
> > >
> > > --shannon
> > > --
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