P3D Re: Enlarged contacts - oxymoron?

[Duncan Waldron <J.Waldron@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 1 Feb 1998, Les Hall wrote:

> Thanks Paul,
> 
> I'll look at the mounting tips site.
> 
> I suppose I did mix my terminology when I spoke about contacts. What my lab
> does is gang up all the 35mm negs in an 8x10 enlarger and then make a print
> on 11x14 and up. It's a relatively inexpensive way to get enlarged B&W
> prints although they all have the same exposure, of course. It's pretty
> wild to look at a 16x20 contact sheet!

I can see the danger of a long thread here... :-) At least one major lab
that I know of offers "jumbo contacts", these being just what you say -
all negs enlarged at once, on to 12x16 or 16x20. Never used the service,
although I have done similar myself, with 6x6 negs.

Duncan W


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