FN2: Developing Paper Negatives

Technique for developing paper negatives in the darkroom using a film developer. For more detailed discussion, please visit: http://www.feelingnegative.com/darkroom/developing-paper-negatives

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[temperanceluv81]

why are you using a film developer for paper.

I always use paper developer for paper negatives.

I had no idea this would even work.

And as I can see, it works, but whats the point.

[feelingnegative]

@temperanceluv81 Paper negatives are generally come out very high contrast, so I'm using a film developer to lower the contrast back down. Film developers work slower than paper developers, so they return a lower contrast image. This allows me to recover some midtone details that would have been lost in a paper developer.

[bratomir91]

hi, could you tell me how long did you expose the paper in your pinhole camera? and how distance is between hole and paper inside

great video!!!

[feelingnegative]

@bratomir91 This photo was developed for 60 seconds and my focal length is 240mm. You can see how I sized and built the camera here:

feelingnegative[dot]com/camera­bag/brians-large-format-pinhol­e-camera-1-0

and I used the "pinhole calculator" link in step 7 to determine all the numbers for the design.

[krisb8781]

what paper are you using?. Reason I asking is that you have red safelight and for my paper "Seagull Oriental" they recommend Kodak OC, but my red one works just fine.

thnx great videos

[MisterDanLorth]

good to see I am not the only 20 something who gets nerdy as fuck about traditional photography. word.

[bratomir91]

@feelingnegative Thanks a lot :)