New to the club

[paradoxbox]

Howdy all. I just bought myself an enlarger online for $50ish and am looking forward to trying my hand at traditional printing!

I shoot 35mm and 120 MF.

I have a lot of experience in digital printing (used to be a digital printer tech when I was younger) but really like the tonality and blacks not easily created with digital, and analog just seems more interesting for me anyway.

Looking forward to giving things a try!

Any beginner's tips would be useful, let me hear them if you have any.

 

[giellaleafapmu]

Wash properly the prints if you use fiber based paper because that's one of the main reason a print get screwed up after a few...decades. 🙂 Well, now that I am writing, maybe never mind and just have fun! 😀

GLF

 

[oftheherd]

Read Mr. Hicks' site.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Read Mr. Hicks' site.

Thank'ee kindly. To the OP: if you believe him, PM me. I believe you've made a VERY wise decision to try 'real' printing. Fun, and great results. (Cue hate mail from digifans).

Cheers,

R.

 

[shadowfox]

Start with RC papers.
Easy to wash and dry, and stays flat.