B. C. S. Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 There was a post on facebook page 'Minox Vintage Photography' that a guy was making paper negatives in his Minox. Kind of inspired me to try it, even though it will probably never be very useful. I used Adorama VC RC paper cut to a 10 in. strip. Exposed at EI 10. Look pretty good. I'm going to set up the Minox enlarger when I get a chance and see if I can print them. I'll post them if I get any results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_robison4 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Well now I've seen everything. Was it hard advancing the paper through the camera? I would be concerned it would unduly strain the advance gears due to the thickness of the paper. Actually kind of a neat idea though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. C. S. Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 Thanks, John. The "film" seemed to advance without any undue force. As I said, someone else had already done this so I figured it would work. I was concerned about thickness too. The strip was only 10 in. so not very long. That pretty much fills the cassette - I don't think anything longer would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. C. S. Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 Well, I put these in my Minox enlarger. Even at full lamp brightness I couldn't see any image on the easel. Guess the paper is just too dense, even though this is pretty thin paper. I scanned these to look at the photos in positive. Not too good. This method may have an advantage somewhere, but not for general photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_robison4 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Well, I think I would contact print first, then use a digital camera with a macro lens and extension tubes to photograph the resultant positive. I have a Olympus E-410 that can mount an adapted Vivitar 55mm f2.8 macro than can focus to 1:1, then just add a another 30mm of extension to get to about 1.6:1 which should be about right. That whole set up would be hard to hold steady though. I think I'd place a bean bag on the camera to damp vibration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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