RE: [pinhole-discussion] Powder vs. Liquid

2003-11-25 Thread George L Smyth
More important should be the characteristics that you are seeking in your developer. The results you get from Rodinal, for instance, will be very different from what you get with D76. Rodinal, as a liquid, is more convenient to mix, but I would never use it with a film like Tri-X (not to say

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Agfa conversion

2003-11-18 Thread George L Smyth
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Agfa conversion George L Smyth wrote:brbrtaco -brbrGood information there. How did you mount the 35mm cannister, and do you have a means of determining how far to advance the film?brbrCheers -brbrgeorgebrbr brbrGeorge,brI don't know if I understand you right

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Yashica-D Twin Lens Reflex

2003-10-21 Thread George L Smyth
Thank you very much for the responses. I will now be able to respond to my friend with some experienced answers. Cheers - george - http://www.GLSmyth.com http://DRiPInvesting.org ___ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Introducing My Way -

RE: [pinhole-discussion] road trip

2003-10-20 Thread George L Smyth
If you apparently have not yet tried 35mm pinhole, chances are that you will not be pleased with the results. I say this because there just isn't much room for definition on such a small piece of film. Of course, that may be what you ar looking for, so you'll need to decide. Making a pinhole

RE: [pinhole-discussion] Green filter question

2003-10-10 Thread George L Smyth
Understand that infrared film is sensitive to infrared radiation, as well as visible light. Since infrared radiation is beyond the red range, we usually use red filters to remove all but the red visible light, so the film receives red visible light and infrared radiation. You can also use

RE: [pinhole-discussion] pinhole scans

2003-08-08 Thread George L Smyth
James - I always scan the print, not the negative, since my intention is rarely reflected in the unprocessed negative. However, very good quality scanners are reasonably priced these days. One poster mentioned the Epson 2450, which I also have, but got on eBay, so it can be found for less

RE: [pinhole-discussion] Different cameras

2003-08-08 Thread George L Smyth
Heidi - One of these days I need to put something like that together. My favorite pinhole camera is a coffee can, which perfectly holds a sheet of 4X5 film. Besides the cameras I have converted for pinhole use (including a 1918 (I think) Kodak Brownie, I have made pinhole cameras from many

Re: [pinhole-discussion] What is the best scanner?

2003-07-23 Thread George L Smyth
Well, I would simply use the guides - why not? You can automate things so that, by using the guides, it will recognize the images and offer them to you already selected. This allows you to scan them in batches, which I did with a few rolls of slides I took in Spain. The results were

RE: [pinhole-discussion] Panorama characteristics?

2003-05-12 Thread George L Smyth
I'm going to guess that my answer would be that it is a combination of the angle of view and a format that is wider than a normally wide format (I would guess that the typical 2X3 aspect of 35mm film would be condidered wide). Indeed, you could halve a sheet of 4X5, but if the result was a

RE: [pinhole-discussion] Finney Pinhole

2003-04-30 Thread George L Smyth
Well, you are using 35mm film. I made a body cap for my Nikon and got the same results (which is what I wanted). Use medium or large format film and you will get sharper images (you can see my 8X10 pinhole images at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hmpi/Projects/BearSkins/BearSkins.htm). Cheers

RE: [pinhole-discussion] WPPD

2003-04-27 Thread George L Smyth
Bob - Mine will take a little while. I went to the Frederick Keys' game today a took a series of shots. I should have something to present later in the week.Cheers - george-http://GLSmyth.comhttp://DRiPInvesting.org--- On Sun 04/27, Bob Arnott lt; b...@bobarnott.com gt; wrote:From: Bob

Re: [pinhole-discussion] WWPD III

2003-04-08 Thread George L Smyth
-brFrom: George L Smyth glsm...@myway.combrTo: pinhole-discussion@p at ???brSent: Monday, April 07, 2003 5:44 PMbrSubject: RE: [pinhole-discussion] WWPD IIIbrbrbrbr For some reason I do not get a scroll bar on the right, so I am not ablebrto get to all of the images in the left

RE: [pinhole-discussion] WWPD III

2003-04-07 Thread George L Smyth
For some reason I do not get a scroll bar on the right, so I am not able to get to all of the images in the left frame. Cheers - george - http://GLSmyth.com http://DRiPInvesting.org --- On Mon 04/07, Chris Peregoy pere...@umbc.edu wrote: From: Chris Peregoy [mailto: pere...@umbc.edu]

RE: [pinhole-discussion] Disposable Camera as Pinhole

2003-03-30 Thread George L Smyth
Om - You can get the information at http://GLSmyth.com, inthe Pinhole Articles section, where Howard allowed me to reproduce it. Cheers - george - http://GLSmyth.com http://DRiPInvesting.org --- On Sat 03/29, Om Ongtawco con...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Om Ongtawco [mailto:

RE: [pinhole-discussion] off topic! Ortho film + Dektol?

2003-03-24 Thread George L Smyth
Sure, I use halftone film and process it with a dilute solution of Dektol (1+10 to 1+20, depending upon the scene). Cheers - george - http://GLSmyth.com http://DRiPInvesting.org --- On Mon 03/24, Peter Wiklund peter.wikl...@journalistgruppen.se wrote: From: Peter Wiklund [mailto:

[pinhole-discussion] Reloading and Adapting Single-Use (Disposable) Cameras

2003-03-18 Thread George L Smyth
Howard was gratious enough to send me his article, Reloading and Adapting Single-Use (Disposable) Cameras, so it has been added to my site. Go to http://GLSmyth.com/ and you will see it inthe Pinhole Articles section. Cheers, and thanks for the article, Howard. george - http://GLSmyth.com

RE: [pinhole-discussion] reversal processing

2003-02-26 Thread George L Smyth
I posted some formulas for doing this a while back, though I have yet to try it myself. If there are archives then you may wish to check them. Cheers - george - http://GLSmyth.com http://DRiPInvesting.org --- On Wed 02/26, aaron aa...@deadlettertype.com wrote: From: aaron [mailto:

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Paper negative by reversal

2003-02-06 Thread George L Smyth
Manuel - That was probably me, as I posted a routine and chemicals required to do this a while back. I've not gotten around to trying it out, so I can't compare One correction to the text below - I believe that red and orange-colored objects will show as light, not dark. Cheers - george

Re: [pinhole-discussion] New photo show

2003-01-31 Thread George L Smyth
--- Gordon J. Holtslander hol...@duke.usask.ca wrote: Hi: I don't think platinum would be a good choice as a start to alternative processes - not that its difficult, its just expensive. [clip] Gordon - I completely agree. I use the Van Dyke process and oftentimes the results are confused

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Color paper negs

2003-01-29 Thread George L Smyth
Certainly, this depends upon the paper you purchased. If you are going to use Ilfochrome then you will be looking at EI1 or EI2 as a starting point in your testing, assuming that you are using a filter to correct the color. Cheers - george --- Sam Tischler altproc2...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello,

Re: [pinhole-discussion] What is a silver print really?

2003-01-24 Thread George L Smyth
--- John Ptak jfjp...@yahoo.com wrote: I've got a question--are all light-sensitive silver compound prints technically silver prints? When a reference is made to a 19th-century silver print, is this a reference to all non-cyanotype/albumen/salt/platinum etc processes? Thanks. John Ptak If

Re: [pinhole-discussion] not pinhole ... but !

2003-01-17 Thread George L Smyth
Hmmm, website usability problem - you see it all the time. Thanks for the info, as I had looked at a black screen and gone on. Cheers - george --- Tom Miller tomwmil...@attbi.com wrote: The images are behind the numbers on the calendar at the top of the page. Tom - Original

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Human eye

2003-01-07 Thread George L Smyth
brains.the old style recipients tend to drag their knuckles when they walk upright. Sorry for the confusion, George. Best regards. Alan (old style) Cangemi - Original Message - From: George L Smyth glsm...@yahoo.com To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Human eye

2003-01-06 Thread George L Smyth
to a movie camera's film mechanism. It sees light as a continuous stream. It is only through mechanical processes that wheels appear to be turning backwards whilst the vehicle is moving forward. So there! sreehC Alan - Original Message - From: George L Smyth glsm...@yahoo.com

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Human eye

2003-01-06 Thread George L Smyth
of still images projected faster than the eye can distinguish, thus blending them into apparent continuous motion. I- Original Message - From: George L Smyth glsm...@yahoo.com To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [pinhole

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Human eye

2003-01-05 Thread George L Smyth
On 22 Jul 2002, at 11:16, eco...@aol.com wrote: I know this is not strictly pinhole, but I wondered if anyone had access to the average human eye values for the camera variables. ie Respective - film speed, shutter speed, aperture, focus range, depth of field etc. Thanks Ellis When I

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Focus

2002-12-18 Thread George L Smyth
Ian - I'm not sure what you mean. Changing the size of the pinhole, without question, changes the sharpness of the image, making it different, so niether of your assertions are correct. Eric Renner's book displays this with a series, and can tell you that this is the case from first-hand

Re: [pinhole-discussion] black dust

2002-12-17 Thread George L Smyth
--- Catherine Just blue_medic...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I made a 20x24 black and white photograph of a pinhole image for myself and one for my boyfriend as a gift. I had the print made at a lab and there is a line of black dust that is really noticable as it is really close to the middle

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: pinhole IR

2002-12-11 Thread George L Smyth
--- ColdMarblePhoto coldmar...@dgbn.com wrote: http://www.???/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=jhb_ir_c yano092902.jpg John - Thanks for sharing the picture (I oftentimes use the cyanotype process myself). Suggestion. As you can see, the long URL wrapped, which means that some people

Re: [pinhole-discussion] bellows pinhole

2002-12-10 Thread George L Smyth
--- S and C Graham Foto scgrahamf...@yahoo.com wrote: Im new to pimhole and have biult 2 cameras, now im working on a 4x5 bellows pinhole (full movements)the front standard will allow me to change lens boards. has annyone biult a pinhole out of a view camera?just lookin for advise on this

Re: [pinhole-discussion] New Camera from Joaquin Casado and prompt box

2002-12-09 Thread George L Smyth
/includes/setup.php on line 322 (Windows 2000, IE 5, NS 4.7 and Opera 6.01). Haven't yet tried NS6. Clues? The 2001 images are wonderful although it's a lot to click through. Margaret Graham George L Smyth wrote: --- Guillermo pen...@rogers.com wrote: - Original Message

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Both Casado Cameras can also seen here

2002-12-08 Thread George L Smyth
--- John D. esq j...@johndesq.com wrote: Detailed views of the Hal camera: http://www.johndesq.com/dpr/hal When I clicked on the 800X600 link, I got a popup that had another popup that said to wait for the images to load. I waited about five minutes and the popup still said that, so I left.

Re: [pinhole-discussion] opps

2002-12-08 Thread George L Smyth
--- Kate Hudec hu...@rcn.com wrote: The URL is http://users.rcn.com/hudec The pictures appear interesting, but I would recommend offering them larger, as they're displayed pretty small. Giving thumbnails that one can select to view larger would be very helpful. Cheers - george = Handmade

Re: [pinhole-discussion] New Camera from Joaquin Casado and prompt box

2002-12-08 Thread George L Smyth
) and send a message to joaquin.cas...@wanadoo.es The camera looks interesting and more camera makers mean more options for the photographer, which is rarely a bad thing. - Original Message - From: George L Smyth glsm...@yahoo.com To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Saturday

Re: [pinhole-discussion] New Camera from Joaquin Casado

2002-12-07 Thread George L Smyth
--- Guillermo pen...@rogers.com wrote: Joaquin Casado, maker of the handsome 4x5 Hal Camera has know pre-announced the beautiful Curva120, as the name implies, it is a curved film plane taking 120 film. Incredible design. Take a look: http://usuarios.lycos.es/jsendec/curva_english.htm It

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Holiday Print Swap

2002-11-26 Thread George L Smyth
--- John Y. jonn...@thegrid.net wrote: Are we going to have a print/postcard swap this year? John Anyone sending me a card will definitely get one in return. My address is: George L Smyth 11024 Wood Elves Way Columbia, MD 21044 If you'd like to be added to the largest Internet

[pinhole-discussion] Re: [pinhole-dicussion] Reciprocity Failure (was reciprocal failure)

2002-11-23 Thread George L Smyth
--- karol dzikamal...@interia.pl wrote: hi i've got an Zero Image pinhole camera and i've got a question concerning sth called 'reciprocal failure'. In a instruction added to a camera it's written that it means that i need to multiply the speed by 2 when it's 1-2seconds, by 4 when it's

RE: [pinhole-discussion] Polaroid Negatives

2002-11-19 Thread George L Smyth
--- António_Vieira antonio.vie...@siemens.com wrote: -Original Message- From: dalf...@aol.com [mailto:dalf...@aol.com] Sent: Sábado, 16 de Novembro de 2002 20:41 To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Polaroid Negatives In a message

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Polaroid Negatives

2002-11-16 Thread George L Smyth
--- Jason Russell jruss...@wishtv.com wrote: I've been shooting with a Polaroid 545 back for a couple months now. I've been tossing my negatives in the trash after development. I was wondering if there was a way to fix the negatives so that I can keep them for future use. I remember seeing

Re: [pinhole-discussion] ciba/ilfochrome speed ratings

2002-11-14 Thread George L Smyth
I've got a friend who used Ilfochrome with pinhole and uses EI 1 to get his images. This is a very slow paper, much slower than regular BW paper. He uses it with either an 85A or 85B (I forget which). Cheers - george --- drew d...@15munroe.com wrote: I plan on making a simple 8x10 single

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Limited Edition Pinhole Polaroid Camera

2002-11-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- Guy Glorieux guy.glori...@sympatico.ca wrote: - Original Message - From: George L Smyth glsm...@yahoo.com http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1395685792 I'm not sure that overpriced even begins to describe it. g george What's most amazing about eBay

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Limited Edition Pinhole Polaroid Camera

2002-11-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- James Kellar pinh...@jameskellar.com wrote: I was wondering if any one else saw this on ebay? Has any one heard of this camera? Seems a bit over priced? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1395685792 I'm not sure that overpriced even begins to describe it. g Cheers -

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Paper negative questions

2002-11-05 Thread George L Smyth
--- Andrew Amundsen a...@tcinternet.net wrote: Hi everyone, I am freshly inspired after this weekends pinhole forum, hosted by Tom Miller and Bill Erikson, at the pARTs gallery in Minneapolis. Very nice job, hope to see more like it. I'm interested in trying paper negative work with

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Paper negative questions

2002-11-05 Thread George L Smyth
--- Katharine Thayer ktha...@pacifier.com wrote: Andrew Amundsen wrote: 1) What brand of single weight photo paper has NO labeling on it's back? Kodak single-weight paper has no labeling on the back. Keep in mind that single weight paper is going to curl like mad. Cheers - george

Re: [pinhole-discussion] zone plate

2002-10-28 Thread George L Smyth
If it's down, you can get to much of the information mirrored on my site at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hmpi/Pinhole/Articles/PinholeArticles.htm. Cheers - george --- John Fisher photobu...@hotmail.com wrote: Would you check the URL? I have tried to open the site.But haven't had any

Re: [pinhole-discussion] new images

2002-10-23 Thread George L Smyth
--- Ingo Guenther ingoguent...@web.de wrote: Hi all, the upload on the listpage http://www.???/discussion/upload/gallery2002/ from 22th of october are the results from my last workshop on a college in Oldenburg. All images from homemade cameras (film cannister). Ingo - Please check

Re: [pinhole-discussion] maybe of topic, but...

2002-10-09 Thread George L Smyth
I had no problems developing E6. I simply filled my kitchen sink with water about two degrees higher than required, and after bringing my chemicals to temperature, used that holding bath to keep everything steady. I do agree, however, that taking C41 to a one hour lab will probably be easier. I

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Lunch Hour Pinhole Project

2002-10-04 Thread George L Smyth
Jeff - In that case, I would recommend that you consider using the services of www.Brinkster.com (I have no affiliation with them other than having www.DRiPInvesting.org and the Internet Photographic Handmade Postcard Trading List at www.GLSmyth.com on their site). They are the only site that I

Re: [pinhole-discussion] weddings

2002-10-03 Thread George L Smyth
Catherine - The black on dark burgendy makes things very difficult to read. I didn't even see the links at the bottom until I had gone through several pages. The numeric links are very small and since the link color does not change, I do not know which images I have seen and which I have not.

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole enlarging

2002-10-03 Thread George L Smyth
--- Uptown Gallery mur...@uptowngallery.org wrote: Hello: If one did MF (4x5 or 5x7) or LF (8x10) sheet film pinhole (and had an enlarger large enough), what are the prospects for enlarging? I was very unhappy with 4x6 prints from 35mm pinhole. Everything depends upon what you are trying

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Lunch Hour Pinhole Project

2002-10-03 Thread George L Smyth
--- Jeff Dilcher dilc...@hiddenworld.net wrote: I have started a little project, to keep myself amused, called Lunch Hour Pinhole Project. Feel free to check out the first installment. Wednesday's picture suffered from a stuck shutter, but the rest of the week turned out ok!

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pintoids revisited

2002-09-16 Thread George L Smyth
--- Marcy Merrill ma...@merrillphoto.com wrote: Hi all: A while back there was a thread about pinhole cameras made from Altoid containers. I meant to comment. Later, there was a thread about multiple-holed pinhole cameras. I meant to comment. I just finished an exhibit of some of my pinhole

RE: [pinhole-discussion] ilford

2002-09-09 Thread George L Smyth
--- ROBERTSON,TRAVIS J is-...@womans.com wrote: Film Last Friday someone told me about this film. http://www.theeconozone.com/econozone/xxx4.html http://www.theeconozone.com/econozone/xxx4.htmlI have to tried it yet but later I will. Right now I'm shooting 4x5 TMAX 400. I do not like

Re: [pinhole-discussion] ilford

2002-09-09 Thread George L Smyth
--- kelca...@aol.com wrote: Okay now that I'm finally building a darkroom I can hopefully start understanding more about the whole pinhole process and see more eye to eye with it rather than just read the discussion e-mails and try to figure out what goes where in all that lingo I'm not

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Theme o' the month

2002-09-04 Thread George L Smyth
--- ethereal art ethereal...@mindspring.com wrote: Andrew Amundsen wrote That would be a fun idea, Andrew. How about a pinhole swap, too? Those are usually fun. Rosanne - About 275 of us do this regularly and occasionally - I've been doing it for about ten years. I get prints literally from

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Strange Problem and I need some help.

2002-08-13 Thread George L Smyth
--- Eric S. Theise mat...@cyberwerks.com wrote: ROBERTSON,TRAVIS J writes: I also might be getting a reflection from my pinhole because I did not want to pant it black, because they say it will mess up your hole, so this could be a problem. To tried to get around this problem by using

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Newbie Intro. and a few questions-How to develop ortho

2002-08-13 Thread George L Smyth
--- jmeyerh...@aol.com wrote: How do you develop ortho film for continuous tone? Thank you...j Use dilute Dektol. I use Dektol 1+15, though I may opt for 1+10 through 1+20 depending upon the scene and its final purpose (I might use 1+10 if I am going to print with the Van Dyke process). Best

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Strange Problem and I need some help.

2002-08-13 Thread George L Smyth
--- ROBERTSON,TRAVIS J is-...@womans.com wrote: My photos are having problems and I posted some example hoping that I can find out what is the problem. Please note that this is my first camera and I have been doing this for about a week. I'm just trying to work out the kinks in my camera

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Newbie Intro. and a few questions

2002-08-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- Fox, Robert r...@aarp.org wrote: [clip] Are there any practical reasons to shoot at 4x5 rather than 8x10? I suppose it would be easy enough to do both, but I'm wondering about people's preferences for architectural and portrait work. The multi-format Zero2000 looks like a good starter as

Re: [pinhole-discussion] that old reciprocity failure question again

2002-08-08 Thread George L Smyth
--- Shannon Stoney shannonsto...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi. I have two reciprocity failure charts. One is from Kodak and the other is from Steve Simmons' book, Using the View Camera. They give very different adjusted times for Tri X, when you get to very long exposures. For example, if the

RE: [pinhole-discussion] Camera Size?

2002-08-07 Thread George L Smyth
--- ROBERTSON,TRAVIS J is-...@womans.com wrote: I would like to make 16X20 prints (That is I want to put the paper in the camera) and I'm trying to figure out how large of a pinhole camera I would need. Any suggestions on how to figure this out? Travis - I made a 16X20 camera a while back,

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Keeping your images away from the evil robots!

2002-08-02 Thread George L Smyth
John - robots.txt is a standard tool, as you said, that directs search engine robots away from specified directories and files. I use this at work to ensure, for instance, that maintenance areas of our website will not be crawled. I'm not sure why one would want to lock out the information that

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Painting inside of tins

2002-08-01 Thread George L Smyth
--- Jeff Dilcher dilc...@hiddenworld.net wrote: Can anyone give advice on what to look for in a paint that will be used to paint and darken the inside of tins? I have not made a pinhole camera from a tin, and was thinking of using some of my pipe tobocco circular tins as wide angle cameras.

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Great pinhole site.

2002-07-27 Thread George L Smyth
--- Jeffery Atkins merstu...@aol.com wrote: I just stumbled across a great pinhole site and thought I would share it with the group. http://www.pinhole.nl/index.htm After you explore the images, check out the info link to see her cameras environment constructions. Way cool! Pure art. This

Re: [pinhole-discussion] lack of pinhole images on photosig

2002-07-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- pinholeren...@netscape.net wrote: I have been looking at the photo site PHOTOSIG for pinhole images can find only a few.I would love to see more pinhole zoneplate images represented on the site.I would like to know if any of the people on the list post images on the site.lets get some

Re: [pinhole-discussion] [pinhole discussion] New Lith Print

2002-07-04 Thread George L Smyth
http://www.???/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=chri sharkness .jpg The message came to me as above. Fortunately, I knew to paste it together so that I could appreciate the image. There is a good way to distribute long URLs so that they won't break up. One option is to go to

Re: [pinhole-discussion] white holes in negatives

2002-06-27 Thread George L Smyth
--- Shannon Stoney shannonsto...@earthlink.net wrote: What causes negatives to get those little holes in them? Not literally all the way through the film base, but holes in the emulsion, like little clear or white specks? I think I heard some place that you can prevent those by using water

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Kodak Revisions to films.......

2002-06-25 Thread George L Smyth
I guess it hasn't been improved in ten years, and still won't be ten years from now. g Cheers - george --- D Hill zopp...@yahoo.com wrote: Well friends, it's happening again... I don't want to be a Fuji fanatic - preferably an evangelist. If you want a good substitution for good-ole

RE: [pinhole-discussion] re: paper negative

2002-06-25 Thread George L Smyth
Has anyone ever confirmed that the logo on the back affects the image? As previously stated, when I tried a Kodak paper (it was probably Polycontrast III) I saw no logo when I contact-printed the negative. Cheers - george --- D Hill zopp...@yahoo.com wrote: Another note on papers. I

Re: [pinhole-discussion] reciprocity failure and development times

2002-06-24 Thread George L Smyth
Jay - If reciprocity failure has caused an underexposure of the scene, then increasing the development is simply going to increase the contrast of the scene. If shadow values have not received enough exposure, then no amount of developing is going to bring them back. Cheers - george ---

Re: [pinhole-discussion] reciprocity failure and development times

2002-06-24 Thread George L Smyth
--- gregg b. mc neill gbmcne...@hotmail.com wrote: [clip] The whole thing about overexpose and under develop, or underexpose to over develop never made sense to me as the conditions under which I shoot could change mid-roll. gregg mcneill Actually, this has more to do with working with

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Cutting oatmeal box

2002-05-25 Thread George L Smyth
--- Chris Harris cpharrisph...@hotmail.com wrote: I'll be teaching a pinhole class, constructing cameras from Quaker oatmeal canisters. I'd like to avoid using knives to cut the opening for the pinhole. I've seen suggestions for using a Dremel drill, which I don't own. A trip to my local

Re: [pinhole-discussion] painting cookie tin cameras

2002-05-23 Thread George L Smyth
--- Shannon Stoney shannonsto...@earthlink.net wrote: I just developed a negative that I made in a cookie tin camera yesterday. It looks sort of flat; that is , there are no good darks I suspect, just looking at the negative. It looks like it might be fogged all over sort of evenly. I wonder

Re: [pinhole-discussion] film canister cameras

2002-05-22 Thread George L Smyth
When I made my film cannister camera, I made a separate pinhole from aluminum pie pan stock and affixed it to the inside of the cannister. I don't think that it will work too well to just poke a hole in the plastic (well, for some, this may be what they are looking for, but it just isn't my

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Litho - Halftone film question

2002-05-20 Thread George L Smyth
--- Greg Newberry grnewbe...@qwest.net wrote: I'm building an 8x10 pinhole camera and I planned on using RC paper for the negative and then contact print it. It was recommended to me to also consider using sheet film because of the flexibility of doing alternative contact prints. Litho/Half

Re: [pinhole-discussion] developing little pieces of 35mm film

2002-05-20 Thread George L Smyth
--- Shannon Stoney shannonsto...@earthlink.net wrote: I have been thinking about making some tiny cameras with Altoids boxes and 35mm plastic film canisters. But, how do you develop the small piece of film you have exposed with such a camera? It would seem awkward to try to thread it onto a

Re: [pinhole-discussion] speed of paper versus film

2002-05-09 Thread George L Smyth
--- lwilkin...@schilli.com wrote: I'm struggling to understand the relationship between film and photographic paper. Specifically, calculating exposures, etc. Where film may be considered ASA 100, paper may be considered P100. Obviously, it's not the same 100...but what's the

Re: [pinhole-discussion] United States airline screening and film

2002-05-09 Thread George L Smyth
--- Jeff Dilcher r...@hiddenworld.net wrote: Can anyone with a better knowledge of physics than I, comment on whether BW film would be more or less susceptible to xray devices? Actually, color film and black and white film are pretty much the same. The only real difference is that color

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole Day Questions

2002-04-30 Thread George L Smyth
--- Patrick Barrett barrettpatr...@hotmail.com wrote: Here is the root of the question: All the negatives were black! I assume that we drastically over-exposed the paper. I do not think that it was fogged, but I suppose it is possible. The cameras were not light-leaky. Is there an image? If

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Film Storage

2002-04-19 Thread George L Smyth
Yes, freezing it is definitely best. Last year I just finished some Konica Infrared that had been in the freezer since 1992 and it worked like fresh film (I'm sure that others have older stories). Cheers - george --- Steve Bell veracity...@earthlink.net wrote: HR HTMLHEAD META

Re: [pinhole-discussion] fixing in tubes and trays

2002-04-15 Thread George L Smyth
--- shannon stoney ssto...@pdq.net wrote: Does it have to be absolutely, plumb thick dark when you finish fixing in the tray after a short fix in the tubes? I don't have a completely dark ventilated place yet. If you are using BTZS tubes, you can do everything (except loading the tubes)

Re: [pinhole-discussion] BTZS tubes; fixing

2002-04-15 Thread George L Smyth
--- Clay Harmon wchar...@wt.net wrote: One of the big reasons to fix in a tray using the BTZS tubes is to get the fixer to the back of the film so it will remove the pink anti-halation backing during fixing. The only knock on the tubes is that you do tend to have problems with the antihalation

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Paper Negative Developers?

2002-04-11 Thread George L Smyth
--- Beau Schwarz ejschwar...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi! Based on a View Camera article, I've thought about trying D76 as the developer for paper negatives. However, in looking at a Kodak Dataguide, Dektol will develope 120 sheets of paper while D76 will develope approx. 16 8x10 sheets of film.

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Source for 8x10 film holders

2002-04-09 Thread George L Smyth
I got all of mine on eBay. Cheers - george --- Bill Erickson erick...@hickorytech.net wrote: I've seen a number of wooden ones on Ebay. - Original Message - From: Greg Newberry grnewbe...@qwest.net To: Pinhole-Discussion pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Monday, April 08,

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Test site

2002-03-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- jamesromeo jamesro...@mac.com wrote: on 3/11/02 9:16 PM, Andy Schmitt at aschm...@warwick.net wrote: Where did you get the 25mb storage ? Have I missed something? James When @Home separated from Comcast (all sites were dumped without offering the ability to at least include a pointer to

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Yahoo !

2002-03-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- pinfreak pinfr...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Thanks to everone's kind words on the zero multiformat cameraI placed my order tonight ! Now... hummm any favorites on what black and white film to use and why ? I use TMX because it is what I normally use with my lens camera and I am familiar

Re: [pinhole-discussion] cameras from the grocery

2002-03-12 Thread George L Smyth
--- jack durrett jd...@cox.net wrote: Lately, I've been looking for good camera ideas when I'm at the grocery. If you are a coffee drinker and into homemade cameras check out the Maxwell House Filter Pack coffee box. Wide mouth for easy film swapping, lid is hinged blue plastic that probably

Re: [pinhole-discussion] T-Max processing

2002-03-09 Thread George L Smyth
--- Tim Midkiff ku...@vci.net wrote: Hi all, I'm processing 8 strips, individually, of T-max 100 on a reel that I have exposed. The question I have is, should I alter the development time because is a shorter strip instead of a full roll of 120? You would develop the same with one

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: mini-pin + photo flo sub

2002-03-08 Thread George L Smyth
--- Christian Harkness chris.harkn...@eudoramail.com wrote: Well, I once used a liguid detergent for dishwashers instead of Photo-Flo it throughly ruined my negatives, much worse then if I had not used Photo-Flo. so This is why I suggested away from it in my initial message. PhotoFlo is

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Photo-flo

2002-03-06 Thread George L Smyth
I have read of options to Photo-Flo, but never tried them because although they may work, they may also be detrimental to the film on down the line. I'd rather not take that chance. When I developed in my bathroom, I steamed it by turning on the shower before hanging my film. Once the steam had

Re: [pinhole-discussion] paper negatives?

2002-03-05 Thread George L Smyth
--- Matti Koskinen mjkos...@koti.soon.fi wrote: Hi all [clip] Another issue is that I have never developed sheet films and using photographic paper is easy to develop in the darkroom because you can have safelight. You can develop orthochromatic film in your darkroom with your safelight

Re: [pinhole-discussion] umm (ortho-litho development)

2002-03-05 Thread George L Smyth
Gord - It also probably has a fair amount to do with the developer. Many developers of this type will result in a lessened film speed. It's just the cost of doing business. Cheers - george --- Gordon J. Holtslander hol...@duke.usask.ca wrote: Hi: It seems that rating the film at 1

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Favorite Cameras?

2002-03-04 Thread George L Smyth
--- Steve Bell veracity...@earthlink.net wrote: Hey Everyone, I haven't yet begun to construct my first pinhole camera. I'm so busy with school work and everything. I have a question for you all. What is your favorite type of pinhole camera? A coffee can. It fits a sheet of 4X5 perfectly

Re: [pinhole-discussion] paper instead of film?

2002-03-03 Thread George L Smyth
--- jack durrett jd...@cox.net wrote: Hi all. I'm a newbie to the list and to pinhole but I've been eagerly reading the posts and picking up a few pointers. However, I have a basic question. I've made some pinhole cameras and taken some film pictures with each. Now I'm wanting to use some

Re: [pinhole-discussion] pinhole or not/project advice

2002-02-21 Thread George L Smyth
--- Ø seg...@earthlink.net wrote: hello list, ive been experimenting with pinhole photography for awhile, and it dawned on me... what is a pinhole? i mean, what size constitutes a pinhole? smaller than f/64? f/128? and what about lens-less photography? In my mind, pinhole photography is

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Type 55 Field Leaks

2002-02-21 Thread George L Smyth
--- Howard Wells sandw...@earthlink.net wrote: Agree that Tupperware leaks. The field process I outlined before my coffee (and is stolen from Marc Hauser) involves moist paper towels and sponge. No sloshing liquids, which can be carried in a water bottle. It does involve handling wet towels

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Type 55 holding tank

2002-02-21 Thread George L Smyth
I never did find anything that worked well and kept the liquid within its container. Even Tupperware containers will leak with enough agitation. The process got messy to the point where using Type 55 in the field no longer made sense to me. Cheers - george --- Colin Talcroft

Re: [pinhole-discussion] umm (ortho-litho development)

2002-02-21 Thread George L Smyth
--- R Duarte ra...@rahji.com wrote: ummm, sorry.. i also wanted to ask if anyone has sort of a summary of developing techniques for that ortho-litho stuff (eg which chemicals in which dilutions). i wish there was an easier way to search the archives. :-/ I have used half-tone film a fair

Re: [pinhole-discussion] New website

2002-02-19 Thread George L Smyth
--- Richard M. Koolish kool...@bbn.com wrote: Leslie, My apologies. I assumed when the cursor didn't change to a pointing hand that a larger image was not available. Your images are even better when enlarged. Bob Russman I can't seem to get the enlargements to work

Re: [pinhole-discussion] New website

2002-02-19 Thread George L Smyth
--- lad...@aol.com wrote: I invite all members to take a look at my new pinhole website a provide me with your opinions. It can be found at www.lesliedavisp at ??? I would recommend offering larger images. The thumbnails look interesting, but I can't really see enough with

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