On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 8:07 PM Fritz Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to know from Eric in this post how he prepares his contact printed > strips for developing. Does he edit them together before sending film to be > processed. Will processors take undeveloped rolls of film that has been > edited. I don’t know if the glue or tape will withstand the process. > Hi Fritz, Thanks much for your interest. It's a little complicated to explain. Although my source materials, the etchings, were in strips, I contact printed onto 100 foot rolls of 3383 <https://filmstocks.info/stocks/kodak-3383-vision-color-print-film>. At the time, Monaco, a local lab, would spool that stock onto daylight reels on request. I wouldn't be surprised if Mono No Aware does that today. I created a sort of split magazine from two 400 foot film cans, using tin snips to cut a slot across the height of the cans, spray painting the insides with matte black paint, lining the incision with black velvet to prevent emulsion scratching and light leaks. The cans were brought together so that the slots touched, and were then placed into a photographer's changing bag. I'd arrange the etchings, gels, guides on the light table with room lights on. I'd then switch off the lights and spool the print stock across the light table over the elements I'd arranged. I'd forgotten, but I think I made a very long, narrow sandbag that ran the length of the table to weigh things down, and then I'd do a quick flick on a spring-loaded switch to illuminate the fluorescent tube that was under the glass surface. Very brief. Then I would wind the exposed footage into the take up can, bring the cans together, put them into the changing bag, and turn the room lights on again before preparing the next strip. Repeat. (A better way to do this is to use a vacuum table that was once common for platemaking in the printing industry.) This was not inconvenient compared to what you're suggesting: splicing exposed footage together for a lab to process. I'm many thousand miles away from home and don't know that I have any detailed photographs of my setup. The interior image at https://erictheise.com/films/ shows the light table I used on the floor at left but it's probably too distant to be helpful. Hope the words make some sense. Eric
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