Showing posts with label contact printing. Show all posts
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Friday, September 25, 2009

German contact printing frames

Zeiss contact printing frameHere is picture of a contact printing frame, a German one!

I bought a box load of these yesterday, a whole set, and they range in size from this "Liliput 1" right up to "Everest 2" (35mm to 16"x20"). To use it for its intended purpose, you go into a darkroom and insert a negative and a piece of photographic paper into the frame, then turn the light on for a few moments. You then develop the photographic paper to get your contact print.

These frames are beautifully made with dovetail joints and hinged backs, and they're glazed! I will have to add some colour to each frame, perhaps a matte, but I think they will look great.
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