Re: [APML] OT: Homemade Enlargers( and other film stuff)

[Brian larmay <power_windows4789@yahoo.com>]

Thanks John, 

Ill be coming to you "as always" for procedure<g>
Im sure Ill screw up plenty on my first few tries.

An early Q: When dealing with a dark TP astro image vs
lets say a daytime shot, do you need to expose the
print longer? or does this work out in developing the
print?...or both?

Brian

> ---- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brian larmay" <power_windows4789@yahoo.com>
> <- snip ->
> I really wonder how many people out there still do
> this kind of stuff with the temptation of digital
> quickness.
> <- snip ->
> 
> Brian,
>     Some of us still do! I still print many of my
> tech pan images. Most of
> my tech pan images with Schmidt camera or Newtonian
> are not stacked, a
> single tech pan negative is often good enough to
> stand on it's own without
> digital jiggery pokery. (but not all!) They make
> great prints up to the
> largest trays I have which handle 16" x 20". Deep,
> H-alpha filtered
> telephoto shots make great prints and still have
> tiny stars on enlargements
> this big, and they only cost about $6 CDN each if
> you print several at once.
> Last time I checked this was cheaper than printing a
> digital file and more
> permanent. As you already process your own film, you
> will probably find
> printing a fairly easy skill to pick up. The cost of
> entry has never been
> lower.....
> 
> John Mirtle
> Calgary, Ab. Canada
> http://members.shaw.ca/jmirtle
> 
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