Re: [photo-3d] SV Uploads

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ralph Johnston wrote:
> When I bought the 5x7 stereo glass negatives on e-bay (6 for $10), I
> had no idea how I would I print them.

Given the size of the negatives, it would be fairly easy (and a lot
cheaper) to make photographic prints.  All you need is 5x7 B&W paper,
four 8x10 trays, some chemicals (paper developer, stop and fix), a
board, a light bulb, a safelight for B&W paper and a room you can make
dark (most likely the bathroom with the door and any windows blocked
off).

Put each chemical in a separate tray and water in the last tray (you
might want this to be a bigger tray in the bath tub).  Place the paper
emulsion side up on the board.  Place the glass negative emulsion side
down on the paper.  If you really want to be sure nothing moves (or
you are using regular film negatives) place a sheet of glass over this
sandwich.  Suspend the light bulb about three feet above the board.
Turn on the light bulb (start with 10 seconds and work from there).
Process the paper through each of the chemicals and then wash in the
water tray.

Kodak's "Basic Developing & Printing in Black and White" (publication
number AJ-2, ISBN 0-87985-173-2) is a good book and the section on
making proof (contact) sheets has all the detailed information you'll
need.  I don't see it on their web site, but you might want to look at
AJ-3 "How to Process and Print Black-and-White Film" (available as
online HTML or or as an Acrobat file).

Once the paper is dry you'll need to cut and transpose the images
halves and mount them on matte board.  If you wanted to do a lot of
this you might look for a sliding contact frame so that you wouldn't
have to transpose the images (you move the negative between exposing
each half of the paper).

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