Re: Re: [pinhole-discussion] exposure outdoors using meter

2001-07-18 Thread heyseus
Thanks for that Guillermo, so as understand it it doesn't matter what the shutterspeed is for you meter reading its the f-stop that counts as it will be converted recipricly anyway. i was using paper for this exercise and thought that you set the shutter speed to the iso of the neg material

[pinhole-discussion] keeping temperatures up in tube processing

2001-07-18 Thread eric nelson
An old sage from a camera club dropped this pearl of wisdom for keeping his solution temperatures constant. He placed desk lamps with big bulbs shining onto the rotating tube of his cibachrome tubes. It seems like an excellent idea. His cibas were fantastic. eric nelson, marshfield, wi usa

[pinhole-discussion] Levi Brown, where are you

2001-07-18 Thread ethereal art
Hi Levi. I'm one of your Group 1 pinhole swappers. Someone from your Snohomish address forwarded my picture to a Rochester address. It just came today as Return to Sender. Sounds like a song I remember. If you send me your current address, I'll send the pinhole on. THANKS to all who've sent me

Re: [pinhole-discussion] 4x5 processing question

2001-07-18 Thread Derek Nielsen
That sounds like a good idea -- I'll give it a try. Thanks! --- Tom Miller twmil...@mr.net wrote: I put the sheets into an empty 3-part 4x5 film box, tape it shut and bring it to the lab. The lab returns the processed negs in plastic sleeves in the same box (or a different one, depending on

Re: [pinhole-discussion] color processing

2001-07-18 Thread Guillermo
- Original Message - From: Mike Vande Bunt mike.vandeb...@mixcom.com By the way, for the non North American audience, the 100 degrees mentioned is in Farenheit degrees. 100 degrees Celsius is easy to maintain, just bring the water to a boil! And watch your fish swimming backstroke

Re: [pinhole-discussion] 4x5 processing question

2001-07-18 Thread Tom Miller
I put the sheets into an empty 3-part 4x5 film box, tape it shut and bring it to the lab. The lab returns the processed negs in plastic sleeves in the same box (or a different one, depending on the lab). If the is your first box of 4x5 and you want to process only part of it, maybe the lab or

Re: [pinhole-discussion] color processing

2001-07-18 Thread Mike Vande Bunt
William Erickson wrote: I'd be a little surprised if an aquarium heater can maintain 100 degrees very reliably. Aquarium heaters are quite good a within a plus or minus one degree range. 100 degrees is on the high end for most heaters, but not outside their capability. The water must be

[pinhole-discussion] 4x5 processing question

2001-07-18 Thread Derek Nielsen
I am in the process of building a 4x5 pinhole camera, and was wondering how to take the film from the camera to the photo lab. How do people usually do this? Do you just put it in a box or a bag of some sort or do you drop of the film holder? Derek Nielsen derekniel...@yahoo.com

Re: [pinhole-discussion] exposure outdoors using meter

2001-07-18 Thread Guillermo
- Original Message - From: heys...@xtra.co.nz With your info i got off your website, the sunny16 + iso exposure rule, when using a meter do you use the meter reading and the iso=shutterspeed to calculate your exposure? Did you mean iso+shutterspeed? if so, here is the answer (BTW,

[pinhole-discussion] exposure outdoors using meter

2001-07-18 Thread heyseus
Guillermo, With your info i got off your website, the sunny16 + iso exposure rule, when using a meter do you use the meter reading and the iso=shutterspeed to calculate your exposure? I used it to teach a class but had varying results, although i have suspitions that the cameras were dodgy. I

Re: [pinhole-discussion] color processing

2001-07-18 Thread Gordon J. Holtslander
Hi: An aquarium heater may work provided the volume of water you are using is fairly large and has been stabilized over a ong period of time, adequately mixed and covered. Ie like an aquarium. Aquarium heaters don't heat water very quickly. They are designed to hold a fairly large volume of