prints from 16mm movie film

I am trying to make prints from 16mm movie film. What I tried was shooting frames of the film on a light table with a bellows unit on my 35mm SLR. The results were crumby. Too contrasty. Any suggestions.

Try making a 16mm negative carrier for your enlarger so you can

enlarge the movie film. I would suggest enlarging onto Arista APH

Ortho/Litho film (available from Freestyle in L.A.), and developing

in a print developer like Dektol. You can contact print the resulting

negative. You will definitely have problems taming contrast, since

black and white movie film is produced by a reversal process which is

not kind to shadow detail. You could also enlarge onto conventional

film such as T-Max, Tri-X, HP-5+, etc., but the Arista would be

cheaper.

Back in those thrilling days of yesteryear (the 1950s), there were

two versions of a product called a "Cinelarger". One was for regular

8MM movie to negative the other was for 16MM. They sold for about

$20.00 in the 50's. They show up from time to time on E-bay for from

$10.00 to $20.00. They take 620 film (which can be re-rolled from

120). I have one of each and they work great (color or B&W). If you

find one with out instructions, Start with a photoflood (3200 K.) no

less than 12 inches from the Cinelarger.