Had an idea last night that I just had to try today.
Instead of buying film to put in a camera, why not put in paper, develop it, then scan & invert the image?
So this afternoon I cut up some Ilford MG to fit into the Kodak 3A, and taped it in place.
The result: A 'paper' negative!
A quick scan & crop nets a positive image:
Not something I'd do every day, but a fun little experiment! Plus, the paper can be handled with a safelight instead of total darkness.
Who needs film?
Started by 480sparky, Apr 24 2015 03:40 PM
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Posted 24 April 2015 - 03:40 PM
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Posted 30 April 2015 - 12:44 PM
Nice, Sparky!
Keith.... WT....? LOL
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Posted 30 April 2015 - 06:33 PM
Very cool!
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Posted 01 May 2015 - 12:57 AM
You can also find the self contained camera/darkrooms through out India, the middle east, Turkey and I believe south eastern Europe.
some more elaborate than others.
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Posted 01 May 2015 - 04:22 PM
I used to put paper in home made pinhole cameras, dev it then contact print it to another sheet - worked like a dream. Ilford put their name on the back of the their paper which was a nuisance but i worked at Jessops at the time and theirs was plain and much cheaper.
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Posted 27 May 2015 - 11:53 AM
Nice!! Cool Idea!
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Posted 14 July 2015 - 02:54 PM
Now that Ilford is making Direct Positive paper again, I may spring for a box of it just for fun.
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Posted 14 July 2015 - 08:12 PM
Well done, miss my old darkroom,
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Posted 27 August 2015 - 10:28 PM
That is a cool process!
Gary, I DO NOT MISS darkrooms. I worked at night doing custom B&W work for local store. I had my fill of that. I had one in my house too. Wife put her foot down, on my neck, 8-) and said, "No more darkrooms in the house." LOL
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Posted 28 August 2015 - 06:41 PM
That is a cool process!
Gary, I DO NOT MISS darkrooms. I worked at night doing custom B&W work for local store. I had my fill of that. I had one in my house too. Wife put her foot down, on my neck, 8-) and said, "No more darkrooms in the house." LOL
There's always the garage......... 
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