steve_scott3 Posted March 4, 2002 Share Posted March 4, 2002 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed b. Posted March 4, 2002 Share Posted March 4, 2002 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard_anderson6 Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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