Re: [Leica] Split printing - was Focomat V35 enlarger

["Roy Zartarian" <royzart@connix.com>]

It's good to know that I'm not the only one doing the blue-and-green 
shuffle while printing.  Generally, my comments on the approach bring 
confused looks.

I too use the Zone VI cold light head and mount carefully handled CC 
filters (tricolor blue and CC50G) under the lens.  I mounted the gels 
into the frames of an old Ilford multigrade filter set.

What is really nice about this process is the ability to alter 
contrast selectively by burning through through the blue filter. An 
in-focus subject printed just a tad harder really stands out against 
a soft background.

Roy


On 26 Jan 99 at 11:14, Ian Stanley wrote:

> Mark Rabiner wrote
> 
> >My own personal and perhaps not common take on this might be the fact
> >that I've gotten really enamored with this whole split printing
> >approach... two consecutive exposures, one for the highest contrast, one
> >for the lowest. With the Aristo it is a blue softlight for the high and
[snip]
> >turning approach. I would recommend it to the darkroom 
workers out there
> >who are getting frustrated with the mystique of the whole process and
> >want something more controllable.
> >
> 
> Hello Mark & all,
> 
>  I have been using the split printing method for about three years
>  now with
> a Zone VI enlarger and VC cold light head.  Graded papers have
> always been my favourite but the practicality of brining in a supply
> of paper in various grades and sizes into Nepal was too much so I
> switched over to VC. I am very pleased with the results and the
> printing control that this gives me.  What works best for me is to
> do the high contrast first and do the low contrast second.