Why shoot Cibachrome-in-Camera?

. . Cibachrome is gorgeous

. . Cibachrome is archival

. . Cibachrome is easy to process

. . . . Processing equipment may be simple

. . . . Processing temperature range is relatively wide

. . Cibachrome is inexpensive

. . . . Shot-in-camera, no film is needed

. . . . Processing equipment may be inexpensive

. . Results may be had relatively quickly

. . . . A finished Cibachrome may be had in under 15 minutes

. . . . Near Polaroid speed with Cibachrome archival quality

. . Every Cibachrome is an original, one-of-a-kind

How to shoot Cibachrome-in-camera

. . Use a sheet film camera, view, press, or process camera

. . . . Paper sizes available: 4X5, 8X10, 11X14, 16X20

. . . . Can be cut to size

. . . . Regular or low contrast paper is available

. . . . 8X10 clear Cibachrome film is also available

. . . . Filmholders, Grafmatics, and vacuum backs all work well

. . Prints will be reversed from right to left

. . . . Clear Cibachrome film will not be reversed

. . . . Portraits would be like looking into the mirror

. . . . Image reversal is seldom noticeable in natural subjects

. . . . Reversed lettering is most noticeable

. . . . 45 degree mirror or prism in front of lens makes image right reading

. . Cibachrome is sensitive to Ultraviolet light

. . . . UV light will give image a blue cast

. . . . Kodak 2E filter removes all UV light

. . . . . . Available in gel in all sizes

. . . . . . Use Color Correction filter only

. . . . . . . . Color Correction filters are optically clear

. . . . . . . . Color printing filters are not optically clear

. . . . Images can be made using only UV light

. . . . . . See what the bees see!

. . . . . . Minerals, flowers, etc. may look spectacular

. . . . . . Use narrow band UV only filter to screen out non-UV light

. . . . . . Use UV light as only light source

. . Cibachrome is intended for use with tungsten light

. . . . Being a darkroom product it is balanced for tungsten light

. . . . 3200 Tungsten light requires only UV filtration, if that

. . . . Use Kodak 2E Color Correction filter to remove UV light

. . Filtration required for ordinary results in Daylight

. . . . Use Kodak 2E Color Correction filter

. . . . Use Kodak 85B Color Correction filter

. . . . Daylight varies in color temperature

. . . . . . Other filtration may be required

. . . . . . Use only Color Correction filters

. . . . . . Filter to suit conditions or your taste

. . . . . . Ilford will give you reciprocity chart

. . Filtration required for ordinary results with Strobe

. . . . Use Kodak 2E Color Correction filter, if necessary

. . . . Use Kodak 85B Color Correction filter

. . ASA/ISO film speed of Cibachrome

. . . . about 3.0 with no filtration

. . . . about 1.0 with 85B

. . . . Clear film is faster

. . . . 2E UV filter requires no exposure increase

Processing

. . There is much literature available on the subject

. . llford Cibachrome literature is hard to beat

. . llford Cibachrome equipment is hard to beat

. . Cibachrome does not like ribs inside processing tubes

. . Cibachrome likes lots of agitation

. . Cibachrome likes fast drying

. . A heated hair dryer works well for small prints

. . Cibachrome can often be processed in the field

The Finished Print

. . Should be superior to a C-print

. . May be Cibachrome print made from transparency

. . . . Cibachrome-in-camera tends to be less contrasty

. . . . Depends upon contrast of original scene, exposure time

. . . . . . Keep exposure time to a minimum for best results

. . . . . . Reciprocity failure with long exposure results in lower contrast

. . Glossy Cibachrome should have a metallic paint look

. . Making duplicate prints

. . . . Shoot original on Cibachrome film

. . . . Shoot more than one original

. . . . Copy on Cibachrome, making copy right-reading

. . . . Scan it on your computer scanner

. . . . . . Shoot on large format film for high quality scans on any scanner

. . . . . . Flip it so it will read right and adjust as necessary in your image editor

I have many products that you may use for shooting CIBACHROME-IN-CAMERA. I have a great selection of view cameras, lenses and accessories. At the bottom of this page is a link to the table of contents for glennview that is the crossroads for going anywhere on my web pages. Here is a processor that will make your experience shooting CIBACHROME-IN-CAMERA a pleasure.

*Cibachrome is now marketed as Ilfochrome. I prefer Cibachrome. The product came to life as Cibachrome. Cibachrome had a great following. Ilfochrome is no different. Why change the name? I call it Cibachrome. Other products will work SHOT-IN-CAMERA. Although I have not personally used it, I understand that Fuji makes a positive paper that may work as well as Cibachrome. Most likely the outline above will apply to Fuji positive paper as well.