I used Stosser system for Photo Comp registration on vacumn frames... I still use Stosser system for my registration needs with tri colour. All the Photo Comp departments I worked at used Stosser.
I used Stosser system for Photo Comp registration on vacumn frames... I still use Stosser system for my registration needs with tri colour. All the Photo Comp departments I worked at used Stosser.
It's now Olec Stoesser. Very common around here too. But Ternes Burton is more affordable for basic new gear, and quite fast.
I just stumbled onto a 50pg illustrated Kodak guide to masking from the mid-1950's. Cost 75 cents back then. Geared to commercial printing, but still lotsa general theory still valid today.
Is it this one ? http://www.daviddoubley.com/Document...psAndMasks.pdfOriginally Posted by Drew Wiley
This was 50 cents (in the early 50's)...
Also (off topic), an interesting set of dye transfer there, http://www.daviddoubley.com/DyeTransfer.htm
this is a nice book: http://www.daviddoubley.com/Document...ureNoPrint.pdf
My copy is revised 1955. David Doubley and the late Bob Pace put out tutorials, also a whole video series by Bob. Other than the gear, DT masking is somewhat different, and all the films have changed anyway. DT has its own dedicated forum. I don't know if I'll find time to color print at all this year. Just too much of a remodeling backlog in the house. Hope all my DT films keep well in the freezer. Dyes seem to keep for decades and can be replaced. A richer medium than inkjet, but it took a lot of work to recalibrate everything to current film.
This is an interesting field...
Also fun. In fact, I'm just about to make some masks. Not too many. Sleepy. Up last nite watching our once-in-a-lifetime blood moon eclipse.
All this dye transfer talk has me wishing that pan matrix (aka 4149) didn't need an acutance dye with a fairly specific set of properties (as I recall) which makes it rather tricky to potentially experiment with as a handmade emulsion.
As far as I know, Ctein is/was the last person to work with pan matrix film. It could be revived. But the more complicated method of generating color separations from chromes actually offers more options for controls. I don't know how many people still work in that mode worldwide. There is a couple doing it in Germany with new materials.
I have two Howard Bond articles on Unsharp Masking in PDF form. I will be happy to email them to anyone interested. Send request to: LCS7@bex.net. They are too large to upload here.
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