nealjpage
multi format master in a film geek package
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I just spent the past hour getting my darkroom ready for a nice long print session. I bought an ass-load of paper (11x14, 16x20, and a bunch of 8x10) and was really looking forward to using my medium format for its real job: huge prints. Right. Hoped to give some for xmas presents. Double right. Mixed up some new Dektol, dug out the 16x20 trays, made things nice and pretty. I even used my new cotton negative gloves to handle things and made sure that everything was dust-free.
I decided to start smallish and do some 11x14 prints from a 35mm negative. Then the problem arose. Guess what I learned?
My Beseler 23c won't make a print any larger than a 8x10. I switched from the 75mm to the 50mm lens and I still don't get full coverage for 11x14 printwork from a 35mm negative. It looks like the 75'll work just fine for MF work, but I'm too frustrated to go on tonite.
I should just go to bed before things get worse. :thumbdown:
I decided to start smallish and do some 11x14 prints from a 35mm negative. Then the problem arose. Guess what I learned?
My Beseler 23c won't make a print any larger than a 8x10. I switched from the 75mm to the 50mm lens and I still don't get full coverage for 11x14 printwork from a 35mm negative. It looks like the 75'll work just fine for MF work, but I'm too frustrated to go on tonite.
I should just go to bed before things get worse. :thumbdown: