Contact Sheets
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It's a way of seeing all the shots from a roll at the same time so you can choose the images worth printing. The individual frames can be marked with a grease pencil to show preferred frame, crops, etc.
You could probably more easily make one by placing the set of negs on a light box and photographing it with a digital camera these days.
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You could probably more easily make one by placing the set of negs on a light box and photographing it with a digital camera these days.
Magnum Contact Sheets
Magnum Contact Sheets reveals how Magnum photographers have captured and edited their best shots from the 1930s to the present. The contact sheet, a direct print of a roll or sequence of negatives, is the photographer's first look at what he or she has captured on film, and provides a uniquely...
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It's a way of seeing all the shots from a roll at the same time so you can choose the images worth printing. The individual frames can be marked with a grease pencil to show preferred frame, crops, etc.
You could probably more easily make one by placing the set of negs on a light box and photographing it with a digital camera these days.
Magnum Contact Sheets
Magnum Contact Sheets reveals how Magnum photographers have captured and edited their best shots from the 1930s to the present. The contact sheet, a direct print of a roll or sequence of negatives, is the photographer's first look at what he or she has captured on film, and provides a uniquely...
Magnum Contact sheets is such a great book, too. Made me want to have a flick through so thanks of rthe reminder.
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I always make contact sheets - in one form or another. Originally (as in last century 
) I used Paterson contact printing frames for 35mm and 120. After changing to scanning, I use a function in CS2 which Adobe dropped in later versions, and is the reason I use CS2 still.
My primary purpose was always to file the contact sheet with the negatives in a negative binder to make negatives easy to find. They're also fun to scan through, and faster than thumbing through multiple prints. One page, one film - except large format, as the negative sleeves hold 4 5x4 negatives, or 2 5x7 and 1 10x8.
) I used Paterson contact printing frames for 35mm and 120. After changing to scanning, I use a function in CS2 which Adobe dropped in later versions, and is the reason I use CS2 still.My primary purpose was always to file the contact sheet with the negatives in a negative binder to make negatives easy to find. They're also fun to scan through, and faster than thumbing through multiple prints. One page, one film - except large format, as the negative sleeves hold 4 5x4 negatives, or 2 5x7 and 1 10x8.