@alainxoxo1 You're very welcome! My videos definitely aren't polished but I try to give as much detail as possible so that they may be helpful to someone viewing them. Thanks again.
Can I boil the emulsion off a unexposed film sheet, and use that emulsion layer, to paste onto a glass plate? You see I need the panchromatic emulsion. Monochromatic, emulsions are easy enough to make, but sensitizing the emulsion, making it "panchromatic" is hard and expensive. Do you think this could be done?
@BunWackettBuzzard I'm sorry but I have had no experience with that sort of thing. Maybe you could get an answer to your question by posting it in the APUG forums or on photo.net. They have a lot of members that work in specialtiy areas. My guess is that it couldn't be done but, if it could, the whole process would have to be done in total darkness, as you know. I think the emulstion is bonded to the base in a way so it couldn't be removed but I don't know that for certain.
I have been looking on APUG for over a year, to find posts that deal with emulsion making. I have found many, but just wondering if a ready made emulsion can be lifted off film. I guess I will have to buy a liquid light emulsion, and the sensitize it further into the green and red spectrum to about 650nm. It will be hard and maybe expensive (If I mess up over and over) but what I will get out of it will be worth the trouble. Thanks again.
@BunWackettBuzzard If you get an answer to your question, please let me know what it is. Now I'm curious about this. This subject reminds me that when Kodak came out with their first Box Brownie cameras where the user sent the camera back to Kodak to have the film processed and prints made and then the camera was re-loaded with film and sent back to the customer, Kodak lifted the exposed and developed emulsion off of the film and carefully applied it to a backing to make the prints.
@ZoneIII (Continued)... Of course, Kodak was working with developed film, not unexposd film but they did lift the emulsion off of the negative and that emulsion became the actual image on the print.
Hey! I wonder if Kodak would have an answer to your question. Their engineers can be very helpful. You might try contacting them. Interesting project! Best of luck.
Thanks for the reply, and yes! I will give you the information of my findings if I have a reply. I shall send a message to Kodak, and see what they say. I remember reading about the brownie camera, I saw one for sale in a store a few weeks ago. I did not know they lifted the emulsion, and applied it to a backing. That is very interesting. Thank you for the information. =D
@BunWackettBuzzard At some point, Kodak no longer removed the emulsions to make prints, of course, but that's how they did it with their first box cameras. There's an excellent documentary called The Wizard of Phototgraphy about the life of George Eastman that shows the original process. It's an outstanding video. It's part of the PBS American Experience series of documentaries. NetFlix has it and you can get it from other sources as well. Great stuff!
You make excellent videos! The best instructional videos on LF on YouTube by far! Please continue to make more videos. How about some videos in the field, talk about focus check procedure, etc. Thanks for your posts.
@paintingwithlight Thank you very much! Your kind remark makes my day! I do plan on making the very type of videos that you mentioned. Because winter is setting in where I am, I may have to do them inside.
@wizcasparian Thank you very much! Unfortunately, I'm no good in front of a camera. When the record button is pressed, I get as tight as a drum. Normally I'm a joker but that sure doesn't come across in my videos with the possible exception of the beginning of Part 4 of this series. That's an example of my normal sick sense of humor. I just hope that I can provide some useful information to people interested in the subject. Thanks again!
Thanks a lot for the whole videos. Helped me a lot getting started.
alainxoxo1 11 months ago
@alainxoxo1 You're very welcome! My videos definitely aren't polished but I try to give as much detail as possible so that they may be helpful to someone viewing them. Thanks again.
ZoneIII 11 months ago
Can I boil the emulsion off a unexposed film sheet, and use that emulsion layer, to paste onto a glass plate? You see I need the panchromatic emulsion. Monochromatic, emulsions are easy enough to make, but sensitizing the emulsion, making it "panchromatic" is hard and expensive. Do you think this could be done?
BunWackettBuzzard 1 year ago
@BunWackettBuzzard I'm sorry but I have had no experience with that sort of thing. Maybe you could get an answer to your question by posting it in the APUG forums or on photo.net. They have a lot of members that work in specialtiy areas. My guess is that it couldn't be done but, if it could, the whole process would have to be done in total darkness, as you know. I think the emulstion is bonded to the base in a way so it couldn't be removed but I don't know that for certain.
ZoneIII 1 year ago
@ZoneIII
I have been looking on APUG for over a year, to find posts that deal with emulsion making. I have found many, but just wondering if a ready made emulsion can be lifted off film. I guess I will have to buy a liquid light emulsion, and the sensitize it further into the green and red spectrum to about 650nm. It will be hard and maybe expensive (If I mess up over and over) but what I will get out of it will be worth the trouble. Thanks again.
BunWackettBuzzard 1 year ago
@BunWackettBuzzard If you get an answer to your question, please let me know what it is. Now I'm curious about this. This subject reminds me that when Kodak came out with their first Box Brownie cameras where the user sent the camera back to Kodak to have the film processed and prints made and then the camera was re-loaded with film and sent back to the customer, Kodak lifted the exposed and developed emulsion off of the film and carefully applied it to a backing to make the prints.
ZoneIII 1 year ago
@ZoneIII (Continued)... Of course, Kodak was working with developed film, not unexposd film but they did lift the emulsion off of the negative and that emulsion became the actual image on the print.
Hey! I wonder if Kodak would have an answer to your question. Their engineers can be very helpful. You might try contacting them. Interesting project! Best of luck.
ZoneIII 1 year ago
@ZoneIII
Thanks for the reply, and yes! I will give you the information of my findings if I have a reply. I shall send a message to Kodak, and see what they say. I remember reading about the brownie camera, I saw one for sale in a store a few weeks ago. I did not know they lifted the emulsion, and applied it to a backing. That is very interesting. Thank you for the information. =D
BunWackettBuzzard 1 year ago
@BunWackettBuzzard At some point, Kodak no longer removed the emulsions to make prints, of course, but that's how they did it with their first box cameras. There's an excellent documentary called The Wizard of Phototgraphy about the life of George Eastman that shows the original process. It's an outstanding video. It's part of the PBS American Experience series of documentaries. NetFlix has it and you can get it from other sources as well. Great stuff!
ZoneIII 1 year ago
You make excellent videos! The best instructional videos on LF on YouTube by far! Please continue to make more videos. How about some videos in the field, talk about focus check procedure, etc. Thanks for your posts.
paintingwithlight 1 year ago
@paintingwithlight Thank you very much! Your kind remark makes my day! I do plan on making the very type of videos that you mentioned. Because winter is setting in where I am, I may have to do them inside.
ZoneIII 1 year ago
quality
edwardolive 1 year ago
Great Effort. I applaud your dedication and expertise.
wizcasparian 1 year ago 2
@wizcasparian Thank you very much! Unfortunately, I'm no good in front of a camera. When the record button is pressed, I get as tight as a drum. Normally I'm a joker but that sure doesn't come across in my videos with the possible exception of the beginning of Part 4 of this series. That's an example of my normal sick sense of humor. I just hope that I can provide some useful information to people interested in the subject. Thanks again!
ZoneIII 1 year ago