Re: [Leica] making contact prints

["Joan & Ken Lee" <klee16@home.com>]

It sure looks like the 7X5 is the most efficient way to go. I am finally
getting around to contact printing my B&W negs from the 60s and 70s and they
are all 6X6 so they will have to be taken out of the sheets to print, but
going forward, I will use the 5X7s. I am glad most of what I shot was
Kodachrome, and there were periods where I didn't touch a camera for years
so I "only" have 4 hundred or so rolls to print. I will be interesting to
see what I shot! It is funny, not a single roll of B&W in the 80s.

Ted... I cannot imagine doing 40 rolls at one shot, never mind 80!

Thanks to all that responded

Ken
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: April 21, 2000 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] making contact prints


> I have been using those as well- must have for some 25 years, and
negatives
> that old still look good! The 5x7 sheets fit in a three ring binder much
> more neatly. The 6x6 sheets, however, let you cut the strips into six
> exposure lengths, and that is the length that best fits my Scan Dual!
> I like the idea of 'index' prints rather than contacts! When I was in the
> lab, I made them of my color rolls I did, and I wish there was an easy way
> to do them with the Scan Dual.
> The index prints unlike the contact sheets, are scanned and rendered with
> the best exposure and contrast, so it is much easier to see details,
> especially when there are a variety of exposures on the roll.
> The Scan Dual can do this, but it is a little slow.
> Does anyone else find that it is sometimes hard to tell a scanned and
> digitally printed negative from a 'wet' print? I want to keep doing it the
> old way, but I am amazed at the improvements that digitally rendered
> printing has made, and is making- seemingly everyweek!?
> Dan (Old dog learning new tricks....ARF!) Post
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@home.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 9:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] making contact prints
>
>
> > Joan & Ken Lee wrote:
> > > Can you recommend a archival type clear page sleeves that come close
to
> > > fitting on an 8X10 sheet. I have several makes of 6 and 7 strip sheets
> and
> > > they all result in at least 1/4 inch missing from the top & bottom of
> the
> > > sheet. I have tried to find the  81/2 X 11 paper but it is special
order
> and
> > > expensive.
> > >
> > > Any common sense tips?<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> > Hi Ken,
> >
> > I use "Printfile" sleeves,  style 35 - 7B that have 7 sleeves in the one
> > page and you cut your negs in strips of 5. These fit on a sheet of 8X10
> > in contacting with a bit of sprocket hoe loss....no big deal as who the
> > heck cares about sprocket holes? :-)
> >
> > I've used these for many years and as soon as the rolls are dry they are
> > examined on the big light table, cut in strips of 5, sleeved and off to
> > the darkroom for contacting.
> >
> > That's as common sense as I can get to-night as we contacted about 80
> > rolls of B&W today from one shoot and just finished the drying and
> > matching contact with neg. sleeve.  Now the big chore start as, editing
> > before printing the work prints.  :-(
> >
> > I hope this helps with your contact question and you don't have to go to
> > the expense of 8 1/2 X 11 paper unless you really want to see every
> > little frame number, however, if you're careful you can put the sheet of
> > negs on the 8X10 and just get them on with a tiny sprocket loss at the
> > top of the paper.
> >
> > heck I've done it this way for close to 50 years and it's always worked
> > for me, so please be my guest. :-)
> >
> > ted
>