Re: Lith printing

["Tim Rudman" <tim.rudman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Regarding your posting (below) Jaap,

Your reaction and enthusiasm to your first lith prints is very typical Jaap.
It opens one's eyes to a whole new way of interpreting one's pictures. BE
WARNED - this process is addictive and can seriously improve your printing
potential !!
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>I spent
>about five evenings in my darkroom fighting with Lith paper and
>developer. At first many things went wrong, but gradually I got the
>feeling and I produced some wonderful images from some of my IR
>negatives. They are so beautiful, they look like paintings. I showed
>them to my comrades of the Photoclub and they were very impressed. They
>spoke about art-pictures and of course I felt like the hero of that
>evening!
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You soon won't need to 'fight' with lith paper Jaap, when you get to learn a
few basic laws you can control it absolutely. It is often said that lith
printing is not controllable or reproducible, I don't agree with either of
these statements after having made a few thousand of them! you just need to
understand what is happening in the emulsion (which is actually simple -
just never written up before) and then it is easy.


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>It was during that week (8 weeks ago), when I suffered from a cold/flue
>that I read an article about Lith printing in a Dutch Photomagazine. The
>writer adviced me to buy the book of Tim Rudman (Photographers's Master
>Printing Course), a box of Sterling paper and LD20 Lith developer. It
>all came from the UK as there was none in Holland (very expense!) By the
>way Tim, did you know, that the instruction leaflet coming with the
>developer is an exact copy of the chapter in your book!
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Yes - with my permission. That's OK. There is nothing in my first book on
pepper fogging though. That did not appear until after the book was
published - Sterling did something to their emulsion. It took quite a while
before the best way to control it was discovered.
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> For the coming
>month I 've planned to Lith-print IR negatives only, as the effects are
>more beautiful than printing ordinary negatives.
>
>I have still have some questions:
>1. The Sterling paper only comes in 24x30 cm size. Is there an other
>size available in the UK? What is the UK-price?
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Sterling UK are just starting to repackage paper cut down to 10'' x 8'' due
to the demand here. they are also marketing a starter kit with 10 x 8 paper,
lith dev and anti pepper fogging additives plus instructions in an
'altogether' price. You can get details from Fotospeed_UK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>2. What is the UK-price of the LD20 developer for 4 litres of stock
>solution?
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As above. Fotospeed and Sterling Imaging UK are both run by John Herlinger.
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>3. I noticed that the developer gets exhausted very soon after about 6
>sheets of Sterling 24x30 cm (9 1/2 x 12 "). I now use 35 cc A and 35 cc
>B and add water for one litre (dilution appr. 1+13). Temperature 20 C
>(68 F). I have also used dilution 1 + 20, but developing times are very
>long (over 30 to 40 min. for the last 2 or 3 prints). I have once tried
>to revive the developer by adding 1 teaspoon of each enclosed sachets,
>but that didn't noticably boost up the capacity of the developer. Is
>there an other way to improve the capacity of the developer?
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Yes, you can replenish the developer with concentrate dev. Adding the
sachets will suppress breakthrough pepper fogging but won't increase
capacity. Adding the Pot Brom sachet will greatly lengthen your dev time
too. If you need to replenish again take out half the old dev and add fresh
or the chemistry goes of track too much. There is a chapter in the new book
on this. Again it is easy when you know what is happening.
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>4. What is the ISBN number of Tim's new book about Lith printing? It is
>not available in Holland. What is the price in the UK?   --
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ISBN number is 1 902538 02 1
UK price £19.99 available this week.
US release next spring
Holland - don't know
I'm happy to supply any signed copies, but will have to charge towards post
and the packaging -£3.50 Europe outside UK, £6.50 air-mail to US
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>
>I would like to advice all list-members to try Lith-printing their IR
>negatives. A new world will open and you will not regret it. I know,
>that all list members like the (dramatic) effects of IR printing. Lith
>printing will add an entirely new dimension to this. Try it!!
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You said it Jaap !!
Tim
>
>Best regards,
>Jaap Los
>Alkmaar, The Netherlands
>
>See also my Infrared Photography Homepage specially made for you with
>lots of information and links to other sites.
>at:   http://home.wxs.nl/~losjb/
>
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