kallepii

Thanks Matthew!

I think these are closest to that M42-screw mount, these are even a bit simpler. I think I'll take these lenses to the nearest second-hand camera shop and see what they offer.

I found two old lenses from a local recycle centre. Lenses are Auto

Popular 1:3,5 200mm and Auto Popular 1:2,8 28mm. Which cameras are

those suitable with and are they worth anything? Apparently they are

some cheap copies of some other brand, because I can't find any

information about them from the web or elsewhere.

I know that you can do anything digitally nowadays, you don't have to tell it to me. If I wanted to do the trick digitally, would I be asking these questions here? No.

What I don't know is that can I still get materials for making pure b&w pictures. Are Ilford Ortho Plus B&W Film or Kodak Camera 2000 CGP Film suitable for making those? Now, if someone who really knows about this subject would answer, I would be very grateful.

Thank you for the tip Conrad! I'll try that if I can't get high contrast film.

I browsed trough sites related to this subject and found films which I believe would be suitable: Ilford Ortho Plus 4x5" B&W Film and Kodak Camera 2000 CGP Films.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=24605&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation

http://www.kpgraphics.com/eur/products/film/camera_2000.html

Both are said to be ideal for line works and both have very high contrast. Would either one be suitable for the experiment? Ilford isn't even so expensive that I expected so I might take a try.

How do I make an image with no shades of gray, so called high

contrast image? What films do I need and how does the process go? I

have a darkroom with all the equipment available so all I need is

the right films and developers.

I have been reading a book called Experimental Photography by John

Warren and it has instructions for making this kind of picture. In

the book this procedure is called line conversion. For this

procedure I would need Kodak Reproduction 4566 line film but it has

been discontinued. This film was for making a film positive if I

understood correctly. Then I would need Kodalith Ortho 4556 Type 3

film to make a high contrast negative from that positive but it has

also been discontinued.

So with what films could I replace those two to make that

experiment? Or have I misunderstood the whole thing?