new photo paper 120iso!

25 sheets of 4x5 for £12.90 seems pretty good to me. Not used direct positive paper before but I'm intrigued enough to try. Does it work with standard paper developing chemicals or does it require something different?

I love seeing film related things on Kickstarter, and I'm always eager to back them if I can. Think I'll give the $20 pledge a go :)
 
Should be normal developing. I think the Ilford direct positive is.

Obviously, using this in camera will give you a reversed image. You could contact print it onto another piece of direct positive paper but the contrast might be high and you might as well have used normal paper.


Steve.
 
Steve Smith said:
Should be normal developing. I think the Ilford direct positive is.

Obviously, using this in camera will give you a reversed image. You could contact print it onto another piece of direct positive paper but the contrast might be high and you might as well have used normal paper.


Steve.
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Oh cool, that's awesome then. Not sure if this is a stupid question or not... but as it's very sensitive paper it obviously needs a super dark room. As the paper's already been subjected to light, can I not stick the paper into my MOD 54 and then develop it in a tank in the kitchen, bypassing the dark room entirely?
 
Yes. I would treat it like sheet film. Just use a changiong bag rather than a darkroom.


Steve.
 
In the "What we want to make" section, it says Very dark red light is required due to high speed so I assume that, like the Harman direct positive paper, it has orthochromatic sensitivity, and hence can be developed by inspection under an appropriate safelight.
 
I don't know how insensitive to red light this or Ilford's paper is but a thought just came into my head.

It would be possible to set up a studio where all of the continuous room lighting was red and the only non red light was the studio flashes. The film can be loaded into the holders in red light, the shot taken then unloaded straight into developer, stop and fix.

Probably be quicker than digital!


Steve.
 
ill probably order some, but the downside for me is its likely high red sensitivity, and general, as i need to cut my paper down to fit in my rb67, so my working time is quite high what with cutting it and mounting, then unmounting etc
 
extra 13 dollars for postage, so 22 quid for the 4x5 25 shipped to the uk all in
 
hmm...it looks from the few examples they show, like it doesn't handle highlights very well, or at least not as well as film.

I mean, you can't tell for certain because you don't know how they've been digitized, they may well be much better in reality, I dunno but fixed grade contrast could prove tricky in challenging conditions.
 
paper is pretty contrasty, using a yellow filter, grads and pre flashing can help that
 
can anybody think of an excuse now not to get a 10x8 camera and shoot straight to paper...:)
 
joxby said:
can anybody think of an excuse now not to get a 10x8 camera and shoot straight to paper...:)
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The requirement to have multiple copies of the image.
 
Ah, I didn't realise we had artists here :D
 
joxby said:
hmm...it looks from the few examples they show, like it doesn't handle highlights very well, or at least not as well as film.
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Like slide film, there is no latitude. Negative film allows you to get it wrong a bit and then compensate for it in the printing stage. Direct to positive certainly has some appeal though.

If I was going to do it I would build a camera with an internal mirror or shoot at 45 degrees to an external mirror to get the image the right way round.

Tim Hunkin has made some cameras with mirrors in. In his case to expose directly to large sheets of Cibachrome: http://www.timhunkin.com/61_cameras.htm

StephenM said:
Ah, I didn't realise we had artists here
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He also has an article 'How to Cheat at Art' here: http://www.timhunkin.com/93_how_to_cheat_at_art.htm


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Just had an email to say the project was successfully funded :) Not sure when (or if!!) they'll start shipping it out to people but I'm looking forward to it anyway :D
 
Well, after paying VAT and an £8 "handling fee" to Royal Theiving Mail, I collected my paper from the post office this afternoon :D

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Comes with a little post card and some instructions. Now I just need to patch up the bellows on the Arca and try it out :D
 
That's handy, I was looking at this the other day for shooting in my LF kit. Be interesting to see how you get on.
 
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