Try contact printing. Just sandwich photo paper between the glass plate and some kind of flat surface. Process the paper normally. This can be done in a closet. You could also use a flat bed scanner, scan the negatives and use a program like Photoshop to create reversals, there might be a shadowing problem here however.
At 12:35 AM 8/15/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Hey gang, > > This is VERY off topic: My brother, an art major, just obtained a > large amount of glass plate negatives. His medium is paint, though he > has an interest in old photographs . . . anyhow, I'm trying to help him > in finding a good solution for either scanning or reproducing these images. > > We don't have access to a darkroom as of right now, but I may think > about building one in the next year or two. > > Does anyone have any solutions for reproducing/scanning? I prefer > scanning. We have a Microtek and a cheap HP . . . or might there be a > way to use my Pentax LX to make negs of the plates? > >IL Bill >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
