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Introduction to Lith Printing
Can anyone recommend a starting point if I was interested in lith
printing? I have developed and printed b&W before, but would like to know more about lith printing. Are the chemicals more expensive, it is possible to purchase "kits", I am based in the UK. Thanks, Abi |
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Introduction to Lith Printing
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wrote: Can anyone recommend a starting point if I was interested in lith printing? I have developed and printed b&W before, but would like to know more about lith printing. Are the chemicals more expensive, it is possible to purchase "kits", I am based in the UK. Thanks, Abi http://www.lithprint.com/ -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 greg_____photo(dot)com |
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Introduction to Lith Printing
wrote in message oups.com... Can anyone recommend a starting point if I was interested in lith printing? I have developed and printed b&W before, but would like to know more about lith printing. Are the chemicals more expensive, it is possible to purchase "kits", I am based in the UK. Thanks, Abi Many, many ( many!) years ago, I did some playing with Kodalith material. I used the Kodalith A-B developer to get black-and-white (no gray tones) images. I also used Kodak Dektol (paper developer) to get very high contrast images. The Kodak material could be handled similarly to b&w enlarging paper. I made enlargements on it with enlarger exposures nearly the same as with paper. An interesting thing you can try is to make a 'lith print in a convenient size, preferably of a contrasty subject. Take that lith print, and contact print it onto another sheet of lith film. You now have a positive, and a negative. Sandwich the two together, ever so slightly out of register. Print that on photo paper, probably as a contact print, because it will be very dense. (Or make yet a third 'lith from which to print.) You will get an overall gray image with areas of different densities outlined. -- Ken Hart |
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Introduction to Lith Printing
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Can anyone recommend a starting point if I was interested in lith printing? I have developed and printed b&W before, but would like to know more about lith printing. Are the chemicals more expensive, it is possible to purchase "kits", I am based in the UK. Thanks, Abi Get the Fotospeed Lith starter kit. Includes chemicals, 10 sheets of paper suitable for lith as well as some basic instructions. See www.fotospeed.com/lith.htm. Also available from most online suppliers such as www.firstcall-photographic.co.uk, www.novadarkroom.com, etc. Tim Rudman's book is still available but it's a bit out of date now. Most of the papers he mentions are no longer available or have changed their formulation. Still, it's a very interesting read. Mike |
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Introduction to Lith Printing
wrote: Can anyone recommend a starting point if I was interested in lith printing? I have developed and printed b&W before, but would like to know more about lith printing. Are the chemicals more expensive, it is possible to purchase "kits", I am based in the UK. Thanks, Abi A good place to start is with Tim Rudman's book on Alternative printing and Lith printing. You can learn some more about them at http://www.alternativephotography.co...es/art031.html Also, do a web search for Tim Rudman. -- Richard Knoppow |
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Introduction to Lith Printing
Mike wrote:
Tim Rudman's book is still available but it's a bit out of date now. Most of the papers he mentions are no longer available or have changed their formulation. Still, it's a very interesting read. I forgot to mention that Fotospeed do a special offer if you buy Tim Rudman's Lith printing book with their Lith starter kit. See www.fotospeed.com for details. Mike |
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Introduction to Lith Printing
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"Richard Knoppow" wrote: wrote: Can anyone recommend a starting point if I was interested in lith printing? I have developed and printed b&W before, but would like to know more about lith printing. Are the chemicals more expensive, it is possible to purchase "kits", I am based in the UK. Thanks, Abi A good place to start is with Tim Rudman's book on Alternative printing and Lith printing. You can learn some more about them at http://www.alternativephotography.co...es/art031.html Also, do a web search for Tim Rudman. Tim Rudman also has some articles on lith printing on http://www.unblinkingeye.com -tony |
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Fotospeed LD20 developer is the smallest and most economical pack to get. It has instructions for lith printing supplied. Most reliable paper for me is Forte Polywarmtone Fibre Based. Get it from silverprint.co.uk. Excellent results every time so far. Kentmere Kentona and Art Classic are also good but a bit more difficult to control. Ilford MG warmtone is a lovely paper but don't bother to lith it. Tim Rudman's book is indispensable, even though the technical info is out of date. He has updated it at: http://www.alternativephotography.co...es/art031.html There is also his excellent overview: http://www.alternativephotography.co...lithprint.html A safelight torch is needed to check progress, or in my case, a Jessops red safelight that's not been fixed down. A CD player in the darkroom makes those 20 minute developing times pass by a bit quicker... |
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Introduction to Lith Printing
After the list of list developers at
http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/LithDev/lithdev.html, the notes state that acetone can be substituted for formaldehyde in the formulas. Would this be a 1:1 substitution by volume? -Lew |
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