Re: Film for enlarged negatives

Henk Thijs (tys@masadm1.mas.eurocontrol.be)
Thu, 7 Sep 1995 13:12:11 GMT

R.SCHRAMM wrote:
>I have had pretty good success with ortho-litho films. They are not
>designed for continuous tone, but will give you a continuous tone
>negative if developed in diluted Dektol. I use 1:10. Since the first
>image you get is positive, you must then contact print it on a second
>sheet of film to get the negative. I have had good results developing the
>second film in Selectol since contrast tends to build up. The Selectol
>is diluted 1:1 or 1:2.Ortho-litho film is not sensitive to red light and
>slightly faster than enlarging paper. Contrast filters cannot be used
>to control contrast. The positive can be used for Bromoil, and the
>Negativ.............
what do you mean here, the positive for bromoil; is there a relief?, is there
a behaviour like bromoil paper?, did I miss a whole chapter about bromoil ?
greetings henk