Thank you for showing this method, i usual do some pinhole shooting with paper film, and this really helps me getting copys.

That drone follow was so sick!

Great video! Love that you showed how to McGyver and your whole approach was REAL WORLD, not MATH in the DARKROOM world..thanks!

You can actually use Ilford Multigrade Contrast Filters without an enlarger if you are using 4x5 paper negatives with the method you showed. Ilford makes those filters in a large 6x6 inch sheet size for insertion into the overhead enlargers that have trays above the lens but below the condenser head. Those filter kits actually start at 00 grade and go up to 5. You can lay one of those filters over the top of the contact print during exposure with the lights and that will give you a way to control the contrast without an enlarger in the mix. The 00 grade filter can also be used in front of the lens at the time you are exposing the paper negative in the studio or out in the field to control contrast in a subtle way. Those 6x6 filter kits are available on eBay used for less than a retail online shop. I hope that helps someone if they are struggling with contrast issues.

Wow I never knew this was even a thing. Definitely gonna try it sometime great video mate!

my man I have to give you credit I've been trying to find a video that explains this and I go through so many people that just talk and talk and never get to the point or don't say what ISO they should rate the paper at. That's something I try to do religiously on my channel. And dude that drone follow was genius. Respect

About to start cutting some paper in 4x5. But I'll be using HC-110 as the developer. Plus no tray devlop...don't have the room. Thanks for the tutorial!!

Thanks for another informative vid! Stay safe

Great video! 👍👍👍

I have used paper of pinholes, but never for medium format, you sir are a genius!!!

This way really cool. Gotta give it a try.

Great tutorial, thanks.

I have design a way were you can use contrast filters and etc with a regular heat lamp with regular enlarger buble

this was awesome!

Thanks for a great video. I'm very new to shooting paper neg and this was very instructional. Could you use your phone flashlight to expose the contact print instead of an overhead light? I'm presuming you'd need to expose for longer but maybe you'd be able to get more control over the exposure?

This is really fascinating. How do a set my film cameras to 6 ISO? None have a setting that low.

That was nice. Thank you

Cool! I’ve been wanting to do this on my Land 195 (a Hassy is more trouble than I want, lol). Thanks, K-S!

Thanks, I've been wondering about contact printing paper negatives. Any advice about the overhead lights? LED, incandescent, fluorescent ... does anything work / do some work better than others?

thank you

Super- if u get a chance- zoom in on the finished print🙏

it cool ，but is it possible to enlarge the 35MM film ?or it's only printing the same size of the film?

Question, please tell us details about the room light.

I tried to use it my overhead lights to do a contact print with a normal negative once and I only did it for like a quarter of a second then it still completely blew out the entire print

Can a similar process be done with 4x5 film negatives?

What ratio did you use for the hc110 ?

Edward Weston used a hanging light bulb and made contact prints, he didn’t own an enlarger. He also adjusted contrast by using dodging and burning tools, no filters.

Did you try it with RA4 paper?

Now hold on a second, I used literally just a flash gun for my contact prints and it came out with far far better contrast than you have in yours there. Do you have any idea why that's happening? Cuz I think you can get a lot better out of your contact prints than you just did

my god watching this is a nirvana for me

Would have been clearer to film the process with just plain paper so the steps could have been demonstrated in the light and just emphasize the need to do it in the dark when using photo paper.