Digital BW, The Print

Hello Alan,

  there are a couple of thinks that I am missing in this story:
1) what's wrong with using your enlarger to contact print digital negatives? I have never seen the results, but, in principle, it should be better than enlarging from 35mm film as you are skipping one step in the process (the enlargement through an extra lens). The flexibility of developing the paper with the process you prefer is preserved anyhow;

2) if you insist with enlarging from a 35mm film, why dont you get a film camera from e-bay and shot cheap film from freestyle? Then, you can use the frame with your enlarger or scan it. I have seen Nikon F90x won for 25$, cheaper than Pictorico paper. If yo have a wet darkroom for developing paper, developing film would be a breeze.

Ciao,

  Mantinieri

http://www.mantinieri.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Alan" <alanj.martin@...> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I know this will sound strange but it is out of artistic curiosity I would like to try this. Is there any method of getting a scanned in B&W negative image that has been Photo shopped back into some format I could put in an enlarger and print using traditional wet printing? I have a Beseler 23CII enlarger and B&W darkroon set up. 
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> Thanks
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> Alan
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