Show me your latest darkroom prints

[valdas]

I rarely print because I don’t have a dedicated darkroom. When I print several times a year I convert my bathroom to a darkroom. But every time I do print it is such a rewarding experience. Last weekend I was positively surprised to print some quite decent prints from really bad negatives. Negatives were so contrasty and overexposed that I was not really able to scan it properly. Yet the prints on a very old grade 1 paper were quite fine.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica III/Summar/TMY400-2/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

 

[Pashmo]

Here's one from last nights session.

Leica M2, Zeiss Biogon 35/2, Ilford HP5 @ 250 in Perceptol, Ilford MG RC V 8x10

 

[p.giannakis]

Here's one from last nights session.

Leica M2, Zeiss Biogon 35/2, Ilford HP5 @ 250 in Perceptol, Ilford MG RC V 8x10

That is truly amazing print.

 

[p.giannakis]

Nikon S2/Zeiss Sonnar nickel uncoated 50mm f/1.5/TMY400-2/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

Kids are amazing - it reminds me a scene from Pawlikowski's "Ida".

 

[Pashmo]

That is truly amazing print.

Thank you Pan, very kind.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Kids are amazing - it reminds me a scene from Pawlikowski's "Ida".

Thank you, Pan, I'll try to see this film.

Leica III/Summar/TMY400-2/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

 

[p.giannakis]

Thank you, Pan, I'll try to see this film.

Leica III/Summar/TMY400-2/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

Very nice picture Erik - part of the Covid-19 isolation times ?

Regarding"Ida", I think you will deeply appreciate this movie. The movie trailer gives you a taste as to how every scene is composed (the whole film is shot in b&w).

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you Pan, I've been looking the trailer, now I remember that I've seen the film a couple of years ago. I liked it very much!


No, the picture is from a few weeks before the corona drama, it is my own bike!


Erik.

 

[Geo Toreno]

Erik prints inspires me so much. :bang:
How did you do it?

 

[Erik van Straten]

Erik prints inspires me so much. :bang:
How did you do it?

Thanks!


The secret is split grade printing! Adox MCC110 is an excellent paper for this.

Erik.

 

[Geo Toreno]

Thanks!


The secret is split grade printing! Adox MCC110 is an excellent paper for this.

Erik.

Yes, I did split grade printing.
Adox MCC 110 very very difficult to find, been a long time out of stock in the store in Fotoimpex. I prefer 18x24cm.

Thank you so much for the secret, Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Recently I get my MCC 110 from a shop in Belgium, Retrocamera. The paper is a few years old, but that is no problem.

I don't get it why Fotoimpex is out of stock for such a long time. Things seemed to be OK in 2019.

I always use 18x24cm. Do you have a good enlarger?

Erik.

 

[Geo Toreno]

Recently I get my MCC 110 from a shop in Belgium. I don't get it why Fotoimpex is out of stock for such a long time. Things seemed to be OK in 2019.

I always use 18x24cm. Do you have a good enlarger?

Erik.

I use an underground Magnifax 4a with Ragonar 90&50 mm lenses.

 

[Prest_400]

Fantastic prints around here. I've got a 2" high stack of RC prints but these haven't been scanned as 24x30cm doesn't fit on an Epson flatbed and part of the darkroom enjoyment is in avoiding digital workflow.

I don't get it why Fotoimpex is out of stock for such a long time. Things seemed to be OK in 2019.

Erik.

Adox mentioned there was a component that became unavailable due to a supplier issue, and they haven't been able to manufacture MCC. Come corona and the rest of projects are on hold. I'd be eager to get ahold of some Polywarmtone when it comes out.


I practically always split grade print. Your TMY prints look terrific and fine grained. No grain aliasing when printing!

 

[Erik van Straten]

Fantastic prints around here. I've got a 2" high stack of RC prints but these haven't been scanned as 24x30cm doesn't fit on an Epson flatbed and part of the darkroom enjoyment is in avoiding digital workflow.

Adox mentioned there was a component that became unavailable due to a supplier issue, and they haven't been able to manufacture MCC. Come corona and the rest of projects are on hold. I'd be eager to get ahold of some Polywarmtone when it comes out.

I practically always split grade print. Your TMY prints look terrific and fine grained. No grain aliasing when printing!

Thank you! Also for the information.

I develop the TMY in Perceptol (1+2 @ 20 degrees C for 10 minutes).

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

I use an underground Magnifax 4a with Ragonar 90&50 mm lenses.

Do you have a good timer?

It takes some experience to make good prints. I have been making prints since I was 12 years old. Now I am 65 ...

Good luck, just ask me if you have a problem. Read a lot about printing.

Erik.

 

[Geo Toreno]

Do you have a good timer?

It takes some experience to make good prints. I have been making prints since I was 12 years old. Now I am 65 ...

Good luck, just ask me if you have a problem. Read a lot about printing.

Erik.

Yes, I have a good enlarger timer.
I am learning by doing, learn a new skill step by step.

So glad that you could help me out.

 

[Nokton48]

70mm PL100 MicX Makiflex 2 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Testing 70mm Beatty Coleman Transet Back on Plaubel Makiflex. Auto Iris 210mm Makiflex Xenar Unperforated 70mm Efke PL100 Legacy Mic-X Arista 8x10 RC #2 Multigrade dev

 

[Erik van Straten]

Nikon S2/Nikkor 50mm f/1.4/TMY400-2/AdoxMCC110

Erik.