Hi,
I finally decided to try the dark side of the photography and my first attempt is going to be the contact printing, though I have some questions here.
Firstly, let me mention what and how I want to do:
I have some 4x5 BW neqs (ilford fp4+ up to now, next TMax 400), want to print them on Ilford fiber paper, I will be using standard Ilford chemicals according the papar data sheets. My lightsource will be some small bulb. I will be using paterson printing frame for the convenience. Ok. So far so good.
Questions:
1) How will the type of the light source influence the contrast I will be getting? (thungsten, halogen, ...) - which one to choose?, how strong to get reasonable printing times (not too short)?
2) Would it be possible to use the filters (ilford) to adjust the contrast of the print
with some of the lightsources mentioned?
3) How to dry the fiber print to get it flat? I've found some info that one should use some kind of "blotting paper" (I am not sure about the translation) - where to buy it? Should I rather buy some old electric dryer? Or just hang the prints and let them dry (wil take longer I guess)
4) With aforesaid setup - what would be your advices for improvement or changes ?
thanks a lot
Matus
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