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Thank you so much Bob. Helped me too.

gum notes/
low contrast negs.... forget it.... won't work.....
higher levels of gum/pigment....just too dense,,,,
whole process.......new learning curve.....

Still at it...

not really, it kinda quits working without warning in opened bottles......beware.

Closed bottles, last a long time....

How long does precoated paper stay sensitized?
I got my first decent print on second coating.....

I'm using the sun.....

How much uv does a light box put out? Porta trace for example?

luckily I am in middle america...... Made my first print today, not so good, but I'm not discouraged. The light source was behind a cloud.....

I coated quite a bit of test paper, some on bad...

OK, got supplies coming. Got my stuff and workspace together, :(I had a bunch of ARches paper, got pigments, gel and acrylic for sizing ):Picked out some images that need the gum look, Now I'm...

Hmmmm. After further research, has anyone ever used paper negs? Inquiring minds want to know....

Thanks folks!!!!

I have not printed gum before.

I want to do a series of prints in Gum and perhaps a hybrid coloring gum process. Has anyone used kits they recommend? Have any tips to share? I know this forum has some of the most knowledgeable...

yep, something in the water.... I'm like one of the other posters, I've used HP5 and xtol for years. Don't presoak it. I've found more handling errors on presoaked film than all my other HP5...

You have more highlight control than with MGiv? I love it already.

Thanks for the reprints Bruce!!!!!

This much I knew.....

The rest of this thread is priceless....... The MCC sounds just like old Agfa MCC.... I bought a ton when it was discontinued.

I have Kentmere too, so my paper stock is...

Oddly enough, I had to be at a game with the private school in Cleveland last night..... I also saw this on facebook. I also know three others in this show including Ruth..... I'll get out to see...

I'll have to check that out in Cleveland. I'm close. How long will the prints be shown?

hmmmmm,
Ipad....

or finder just sees a running mac as another comp on the network and you can copy and paste, or drag and drop files....

I have a last gen mini with 5 gig ram and use a 32 hdtv as a monitor and love it!!!
It is fast in photoshop!!! And the monitor is great, but calibration...:confused:

I still use my ancient g4...

lowendmac is a good one too for resources on those...

I'm in the delta in East AR and shoot frequently.............

I have had the first edition for quite some time and find it very useful. I view it as a supplement for the three Ansel Adams technical books, which cover almost nothing about color film, or the...

I like it in sheet film, but absolutely refuse to use it in roll ever again due to the horrible curling.

Thanks for the warning of the reciprocity problem. I have only used it at 1/15 or...

for what and for why? Thats the nature of it.

I have had good temp results in rentals, with a base of painters blue tape with black duct tape over it for removable light seals. Pull the tape off the roll, fold in half, stick the top two...

Google Picasa for freeware, Lightroom for workflow and basics, Photoshop if you need real image editing power.

funny, isn't it.

and they don't curl like that 120 does.

It's like a spring.

I love old agfa paper. I still keep a few sheets of brovira graded 5 or 6 somewhere.

It sepia tones beautifully.

mine is I believe an ELB.

They are available. They are expensive.

I bought a zone Vl off ebay a couple of years ago for 80 bucks, less than a hundred shipped....

FWIW. Great shape.

or burn it...

Your print, your call.

Bob you are a wealth of knowledge, thanks again.

I probably still can't afford an apo rodagon n, but I know anyhow.

which rodenstock 135 or 150 is sharpest?

i have seen ysarons cheaper, but how do the lines go as far as Enlarging lenses for 4 x 5?

I mean low to high, doublet , triplet, to good four element...

agfa signum and fuji color neg film = excellent saturation almost as good as slide.

FWIW

I always wondered what that stood for....

No Rob, I am in Helena AR, On the big muddy. I thought that I might need to isolate the whole thing. Road traffic is my main concern, I am on silty soil. I usually try to print late night or...

I use one of the five gallon kits and mine has the hardener separated.

Use hardener for film and none for prints in case of toning.

now we are talking, the style 5 grommet between the enlarger and the wood or Metal lower mounting bracket. Maybe something else like that on the eye bolts into the wall studs to cable mount the top...

yes I intended to mount the baseboard and column together and the shock stuff underneath it.

I get vibrations from trucks and stuff in my house as a busy street is in front of the house.

I am trying to envision my perfect mount for wall mounting the big beseler.

I want a cushion bottom and top.

cables at the top, and metal or wood and styrofoam and or rubber to cushion the...