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Have you had any experience doing a 5x4 contact print of a negative to produce a final print.
Yep...both silver and pt/pd.
Do you think its to small for a final print
I found it quite difficult to master the technique. I agree that the subject has to be right.
When I searched for advice on this, I was talking about using silver chloride papers designed for contact printing, so I assume the advice was geared to that sort of material. I have Fomalux RC, FB and Foma Chamois to try. All are pretty slow and need quite long exposure times.
I assume a higher density range means more contrast(?), which I expect you will achieve with an extended development time.
Contact prints, as finished articles, are probably best made on contact papers, rather than enlarging papers. At the moment, all I can say from experience, is that contacts on enlarging papers aren't particularly impressive, and those done on contact papers using normally developed negatives, perhaps don't reveal the full potential of the material.