Random Question

[SoulfulRecover]

Bored at work and had a thought. If you took a photo using negative film of a frame from negative film, would the negative of the negative come out a positive?

Also, if I put color negative film into a B&W enlarger, would I be able to make B&W prints?

yeah. its that slow

 

[Derrel]

Photo of a negative made on negative film will be reversed...into a postive.

Kodak used to make Panalure paper, which can differentiate the dye tones in color negatives, and make decent B&W images.

 

[SoulfulRecover]

That's cool! I figured it would work but haven't ever heard of anyone doing it but then again, I don't think there is much of a reason to do it.

Interesting. Saw a nice enlarger for 25 bucks on CL but its out of state.

 

[Designer]

Saw a nice enlarger for 25 bucks on CL but its out of state.

They're all over. I basically gave mine away for free. Don't purchase the first POS you find, you can afford to be picky.

 

[qleak]

I'd heard of people printing and then using the print to contact print a negative image. They might have had special paper or just blasted through the print with the enlarger and a longer exposure.

Maybe this was just someone pulling my leg back in the darkroom at highschool

 

[pixmedic]

what if you took a photo using negative film of a frame from negative film then held it up in front of a mirror? or a room full of mirrors?

 

[Derrel]

what if you took a photo using negative film of a frame from negative film then held it up in front of a mirror? or a room full of mirrors?

While wearing full-on mishele-type scary clown makeup!

 

[Gary A.]

Yes, two negatives make a right ... a positive ... three rights make a left.

 

[KenC]

I thought two wrongs didn't make a right, but three do.

 

[Dave442]

Reminds me that I have a roll of B&W positive film around here somewhere.

 

[480sparky]

If I used slide film, mirrors, developed it with cafenol using my left hand.....and I was dyslexic............

 

[gsgary]

I might have a go at enlarging a colour negative to b+w print tonight

 

[gsgary]

Reminds me that I have a roll of B&W positive film around here somewhere.

Scala ?

 

[Torus34]

I'd heard of people printing and then using the print to contact print a negative image. They might have had special paper or just blasted through the print with the enlarger and a longer exposure.

Not at all. I routinely use RC enlarging paper as the negative stock in my pinhole cameras. I then make a face-to-face sandwich of the developed negative with a fresh sheet of enlarging paper, press the two together with a heavy piece of plate glass to insure good contact [Sorry!] and expose under an enlarger through the back of the negative. Variable contrast paper and enlarger light color filtration helps with contrast.

 

[compur]

what if you took a photo using negative film of a frame from negative film then held it up in front of a mirror? or a room full of mirrors?

You'd have a Bruce Lee movie.