Wow, that is fast - I never spend less than 30mins on one of my B&W
prints. 2 per hour, tops.
Thanks for the insight, Ed - I am really inspired to give this a try
this year.
Not so much the colour printing as developing my own LF slides, that is.
kind regards,
Dawod
On 08 Jan 2012, at 4:18 PM, Sawyer, Edward wrote:
> Dawid, yes new they are quite pricey, but used they are more
> reasonable. I paid about $650 for a new unused one on ebay a few
> years ago. I have seen them anywhere between 450-1400 on ebay since
> then.
>
> I use the industrial sizes of chemistry, not the uselessly small
> repackaged 'home' kits. I usually buy dev to make 5 gallons, bleach
> to make about the same or more, fix to make something like
> 20gallons, and final rinse to make 20 gallons or so too. All but
> the bleach is cheap and easy to source. You can do replenishment or
> oneshot. I do replenish and reuse the bleach, but use oneshot for
> the rest, as its still plenty cheap to do so. Apug has a good
> sticky thread on sources and such.
>
> Ra4 printing is easy, relatively speaking. Its no harder than b&w,
> and easier in some cases... Mainly in that there are less options in
> certain things, e.g. Varieties of paper, process, etc. It's
> definitely easier than tray processing, if you use a processor like
> a cp31. Even drums are easier than trays, albeit possibly slower.
> Ra4 paper and chemistry is cheaper than b&w also. The hardest part
> might be color balancing, but even that is not bad with a filter
> viewing kit or color analyzer like what is built into the minolta
> beseler 45a head.
>
> With the cp31, I can crank out about 13-16 prints per hour, from
> different negs, e.g. Each one is a different photo. So the
> throughput can be pretty fast.
>
> Ed
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