bob haight Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 What is the best procedure to dry the negs? The clips I have leave marks on the edges which show up on the contact prints. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince_pulvirenti Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I use aligator clips (purchased at Radio shack) I clip the teeth in the area outside of the image area then hang to dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harleyman7 Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I hang 5x7 with wooden clothes pins. It leaves a dull spot on the corner of the negative...but it doesn't show in the print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_goldfarb Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I accept the clip marks at the edges. If I don't want clip marks, I probably don't want the edges either, and I matte over them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_pry Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 If you take the wooden clothes pins and reverse them so the flat sides touch you can clip a smidge of a corner while still retaining a vry firm grip. an Ansel Adams tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffrey_james Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 The best clips are available at Prophot in Paris -- a fine enough tooth to stay off the image. Radiologists Xray clips are fine, too. On the other hand, a little mark on the edge isn't going to spoil a picture. Avedon and other guys make a little festish of it, as in, "look at me, I don't crop." Although a printer friend once had to fake the rebate on one of Avedon's cropped images... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_hall6 Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Geoffrey, Is that true about Avedon? It's gotta be an LF urban legend! I use the clips with the little points that are made by Jobo. you can clip them remarkably close to the edge in the frame line and, while there are marks, they do not seem to be too intrusive. dgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard b. schwartz Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 i hang my 8x10 negatives on hangers. i have strung a piece of plastic coated wire in my darkroom area, and i hang the negative hangers from that. i use the hangers anyway when i wash the prints in a large container. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.w. Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 Now that I know that Ansel used wooden clothes pins turned inside out, I'll have to start doing it that way. Note to self: discard all my plastic photo clips. BTW, anyone know if the wood in Ansel's clothes pins was acid free? Pine? Birch? Seriously, though, it is a good idea, although I have issues with the lack of a spring groove on the inside surface of the wooden pieces. Also, does anyone know if the metal spring in the clothes pin needs to be stainless, or have special surface treatments like electroplating or anodization? What would Ansel do? (WWAD). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don__ Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 I use plastic clothes pins that always leave a small rippled impression on the corner. If the negative is contact printed it is very easy to spot. I don't sweat it. Don Bryant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_kasaian1 Posted February 21, 2003 Share Posted February 21, 2003 I routinely raid the chip drawer for the clothespins my wife uses to keep her Doritos fresh(nacho cheese flavored) when I develop film. Aside from the dull spot the clothespins leave on my negatives, my wife's chips get stale/soggy and I tend to gain wieght and crave beer. The radiologists x-ray clips sound interesting. If I can't score some off my bro-in-law, The Dentist, does anyone know where to buy some? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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