When the notch is in the upper right corner the emulsion is toward you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "pete eckert" <peteeck...@mindspring.com> To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 7:10 PM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] (no subject)
> I made a 8 x 10 camera to take glass plates. It was intended to have liquid > light painted on the plates so I could play with drawing with the emulsion. > It's the rainy season here in Northern California. so the camera is much to > slow four what I intended to do with it. I only found this out after > reading some of the recent posts concerning paper exposure speeds. Thanks, > saved me some bucks. > > To make a long story a bit shorter, I now want to put sheet film in it. The > stuff is expensive. I tried taking a few test shots to get the exposure > down. My problem is, (besides being totally blind), I can't tell what side > the emulsion is on. Paper has more tooth on the paper side than the > emulsion side. the film feels the same on both sides. I tried both sides > and my wife said both negatives had images. I noticed some notches on the > film. Can I use them to orient the film? > > > If you are wondering I had intended to use the glass plates to take shots > of a nearby steam train as it stops at a station . I wanted to take them in > the rain, so the camera is so robust it looks like it was made in a tractor > factory. The train isn't running during the rainy season I just found out. > I don't want a little rain to slow me down so I still want to give my > camera a dunking. > > the guide dog didn't like the steam train anyway , > > Pete > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ >
