I just recovered a old Toyo bellows by removing the bellows, painting the worn areas with a black sealer, and then once dry I recovered the entire bellows in a very thin silver urethane coated black nylon material... I was really impressed as it looked and felt like a new bellows... ...jc
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "E-mail discussion about homemade cameras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [Cameramakers] Infrared-safe bellows? > Are you sure the ir is penetrating the fabric itself, or maybe there's an ir > "leak" that could be repaired? Other than drape the camera with an ir opaque > material, i'm not sure what you could do practically to make the bellows > "safe", if it isn't now. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 12:22 PM > Subject: [Cameramakers] Infrared-safe bellows? > > > > Dear List, > > > > I was testing a large format digital back with my Linhof Standard and > > discovered that the bellows is not infrared "safe". > > > > Other than wrapping the camera in some infrared-safe fabric every time > > I take a picture, I was wondering if there were some pliable coating > > that could be applied to the bellows itself? > > > > Any ideas? > > > > J Michael Sullivan Photography > > http://www.haywood-sullivan.com/photography > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cameramakers mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://rosebud.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cameramakers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://rosebud.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm > _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rosebud.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
