Digital BW, The Print

I have a Nikon N90S (same as the F) A Ventura Deluxe 66, that is a medium format 6x6 folding camera that has been restored , including brand new baffle and an assortment of Pentax K1000's. I use these exclusively for B&W using mostly Kodak TMAX100 film. I usually develop the negatives my self using TMAX developer chemicals. I print on mostly Ilford paper, but I do like to experiment with others. I have a complete dark room setup built around a Beseler 23CII XL enlarger. So I am all set on that end! 

I am definitely going to give the contact idea a try. I do make contact prints of my negatives before printing so i know how to do it for that application. 

I wanted to go all the way back to the negative stage so i could use the various filters, better control the light source and such, maybe this is not a good idea, Im just looking for new ways to make artistic prints.

You seem to be asking why i dont just skip the digital part all together and do it all in my darkroom? I refer you to the first sentence of my OP. 

"I know this will sound strange but it is out of artistic curiosity I would like to try this."

Thanks!

Alan

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Mantinieri" <mantinieri@...> wrote:
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> 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;
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> 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.
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> Ciao,
> 
>   Mantinieri
> 
> http://www.mantinieri.com
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Alan" <alanj.martin@> wrote:
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> > Hello,
> > 
> > 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. 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Alan
> >
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