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Cetein (or Cetien)
Once upon a time there was a monochrome printing guru called Cetein (or was it Cetien?) and I have tried to Google him and searched FADU posts. No luck... Any suggestions?
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These links may get you started:
http://ctein.com/whoami.htm http://ctein.com/ His name is pronounced kuh-TINE. |
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Ctein specialised in colour printing using a technique called Dye Transfer. He was the very last practitioner but wrapped it up a couple of years ago- at least one member on here bought a print in his 'closing down' sale (sorry, can't remember who told me!).
Here he is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS1zT9vCYe8 Now firmly a digital worker. He used to post on Mike Johnson's The Online Photographer |
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I have a copy of his book 'Post Exposure' - very technical. He was very critical of the keeping properties of RC Paper which I have only experienced with the occasional print.
I seem to remember that he used to contribute to a magazine - Darkroom User, I think. Mike |
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Dye Transfer printing
I got an evening job in New York City at Kurshen and Lang in 1965, "Rolling Dyes". I was taught to do it at Regent St Poly. Since the dyes come from a bottle and don't have to be generated by colour-couplers within an emulsion, the quality is unsurpassed. The last prints to be made this way were by Technicolor, which is a directly-related technology using matrices of gelatine on acetate base. Each matrix is exposed through the base before processing to create a varying thickness of gelatine, which absorbs varying amounts of dye, which is then rolled onto a receiving sheet of paper.
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I think he also made claims that a large proportion of top enlarging lenses were badly centred and this was reflected in uneven performance.
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It was he that pushed the idea of focusing through a blue filter, which would partly correct for chromatic aberration in lenses used with B&W material.
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Do you think that he took up digital printing when he found that his truly impressive beard dipped into the dishes of dyes? |
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I have the book "Post Exposure" by Ctein.
At one time on APUG this was regarded by some as a sort of bible. Printed by Focal Press. Hope this helps Martin |
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