Books on LF Negative Retouching

[Greg Lockrey]

Amazon has a variety of Veronica Cass Weiss's books from $1.92 - 3.00 on up used.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...20Cass%20Weiss

[David A. Goldfarb]

David I would be interested in where you get the brown tripoli and what kind of mineral oil. I was reading in the Hammond book about a compound you can make with Turpentine in a corked bottle with the cork left loose to make the turpentine thick and then put this solution on the cork and then on a clean lint free cloth to rub areas of the neg down for pencil work. I would be interested in your method. By the way someone has the Hammond book on e-bay for sale. It is in the Vintage other accessories section I think. It is a very good book. I would get it if you can.

Jim

The brown tripoli came from a set of abrasives sold by Dremel, but it's a fairly common substance, and I'm sure there are other sources. I know a hardware store in New York, for instance, that sells various abrasives like this in sticks. I don't recall exactly which oil I used (a little of this stuff lasts a long time), but it was something fairly ordinary like "3-in-1" oil.

[Ron Bose]

I have a bunch of books on order:

Draper & Harkness 1941
Veronica Cass Weiss's book
The Kodak book by Vilia Reed
and a bid on the Hammond book :-)

[Jim Fitzgerald]

David, thanks I'll check out the sources you mention. I've also read about pumice powder mixed in oil?

Ron good luck on the book. I just finished reading the whole thing and it has great information in it. I highly recommend it. And no, I'm not the seller!

Jim

[Paul Fitzgerald]

Hi all,

You people are mind readers, I just received a NOS Adams Retouching Machine. Does anyone know how to arrange the Leica Stereo Zoom SZ-4 microscope head??? I did scan the web but cannot find any photos for this.

Brown tripoli and others grades should be available at your hardware store, in the tools section for metal polishing. Triple degummed castor oil may be a problem. Nitrocellulose lacquer and thinner should be available also (for making retouching fluid).

I guess retouching is not quite dead yet.

[Doug Howk]

Retouching fluid is still available, see B&H Since its manufactured by Kodak, probably a good idea to find a home-brew formulae.

[John Bowen]

Great thread, THANKS!

[jnantz]

if you come across any of the nysop ( new york school of photography )
study material they always have a book on how to retouch.
i found mine at a junk store and paid $5 for 2 years worth of course books.

john

[Ron Bose]

Great thread, THANKS!

I think that it's important for some of us to keep the knowledge and skills alive.

Imagine the sense of accomplishment when successfully retouching a real neg compared to ten-minutes in photoshop.

[Stephen Willard]

I have everything you are looking for and I am willing to sell it. What follows are the things I have:

1. Adams Retouching Machine in mint condition.

2. Both optional magnifying glasses that go with the Adams Retouching Machine. Both are in excellent condition.

3. Extra lamp for the Adams Retouching machine.

3. Veronica Cass Photographic Retouching Art Supply Catalog.

4. Veronica Cass Negative Retouching book in excellent condition.

5. Veronica Cass Print Retouching and Spotting with Dyes book in excellent condition.

6. I believe I also have a video she produced for retouching negatives. At this time I am not sure where it is, but I do not think it would take long to find it.

I do not have any of Veronica Cass supplies. If you are interested please contact me.