> > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/03/22 Thu PM 09:23:40 GMT > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: One that got accepted > > > > >It would be better if used a Wisner. > > > > Just the other day, out of the blue, my S.O. asked me, "Do you have > a > > large format camera?" > > > > "No" > > > > "Do you want one?" > > > > That got me thinking, hmmmm..... > > > > my thoughts have been running along similar lines recently, since I > started looking more at Victorian photographs. I would like to make > some photogravures from 10x8 negatives, but it looks spectacularly > expensive.
Although the cost per shot may be high compared to C41 and E6, many of the older processes are actually quite cheap, requiring only (!!!) the acquisition of skills and some modest apparatus. The most difficult part is getting hold of the requisite chemicals, which is often where any serious expense also comes in. The students at work dabble in older processes. Let me know what you are thinking of doing and I'll see what information I can dig up about the practicalities. I managed to get the cyanotype process working there by pointing out to the lecturer that there were two forms of the chemical used and the cheaper, easily available one was not the correct version. 8-) > > On the other hand, the Gandolfi workshop is not far from here, so > maybe I could hire one. And there must be somewhere in London that > teaches photogravure... > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
