| Chapter 12 | ENLARGEMENT EMULSIONS |
This chapter concentrates on black-and-white emulsions that can be coated onto a variety of surfaces and handled under an enlarger in a conventional photographic darkroom, yielding a continuous-tone image. Coat-on emulsions are made by Rockland (Liquid Light), Luminos (Silverprint), Cachet (Black Magic), and Porter (U-Spread) in North America, and by Kentmere (SE), Fotospeed, and Jessop (Photo Emulsion) in England. All emulsions can be purchased worldwide. Each has its own characteristics, which are appreciated by its fans. In addition to their capabilities on paper, fabric, glass, metal, and ceramics, all enlargement emulsions can be toned (see Chapter 3) and hand colored (see Chapter 2). (Photo emulsion ...
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