Ilford direct print paper

[FrankS]

I just heard of this in another thread and googled it. Has anyone tried this product? Has anyone darkroom printed slides onto it?

 

[gns]

Is it the black & white stuff you are talking about? Sort of a B&W version of Ilfochrome?

I saw an interesting show by Richard Learoyd a while back. He uses Ilfochrome material to make life-size portraits directly on to the direct positive paper. His studio is basically a big camera obscura with the subject in one room and the darkroom next door, and a lens in the wall between. Editions of 1 due to the direct to print process...

http://mckeegallery.com/artists/richard-learoyd/richard-learoyd-unique-photographs/

Gary

 

[Rogier]

The Imago 1:1 uses this kind of paper.
Think she even sells it.

http://www.imago1to1.com/en/

I just heard of this in another thread and googled it. Has anyone tried this product? Has anyone darkroom printed slides onto it?

 

[gns]

It doesn't look like it would be suitable for making B&W prints from slides.
It is high contrast according to info from manufacturer.

Gary

 

[FrankS]

Might be okay with low contrast multi grade filter?

 

[shadowfox]

Frank, watch the video here:
http://new55project.blogspot.com/2011/05/ilford-direct-positive-paper-and.html

 

[Jamie123]

Is it the black & white stuff you are talking about? Sort of a B&W version of Ilfochrome?

I saw an interesting show by Richard Learoyd a while back. He uses Ilfochrome material to make life-size portraits directly on to the direct positive paper. His studio is basically a big camera obscura with the subject in one room and the darkroom next door, and a lens in the wall between. Editions of 1 due to the direct to print process...

http://mckeegallery.com/artists/richard-learoyd/richard-learoyd-unique-photographs/

Gary

Here's the camera:

http://lightbox.time.com/?attachment_id=7900

 

[FrankS]

Thanks Will. Seems to me that if contrast can be tamed by pre-flashing the paper to use to make a portrait, one can do the same in order to print onto it from a slide.

 

[Roger Hicks]

It is pretty contrasty, even pre-flashed. My own view, having tried quite a lot of it (the review is with Shutterbug now), is that without pre-flashing, it is too contrasty for most applications. And of course it's not panchromatic, so printing from most slides would be interesting (which I haven't tried).

Cheers,

R.