Sam and Dave,
me too I use hide (bought at a tailor) for bag bellows and other parts of
my cameras. It is definitely light-proof. And a plastic variant available at
Porter's Camera Store to cover windows is light-proof too. My word on it!
George.
> Dave,
>
> I have made several bag bellows with "naugahide" available through
> reupholstering shops. They come in a variety of thicknesses and
> colors. I have no idea if they will pass your flash test, but they
> are certainly light-proof enough for general use. They are also much
> more stiff and will hold their shape better than the usual bellows
> material. By the way, I get my bellows material as "darkroom cloth"
> from Porter's Camera Store, not Freestyle.
>
> Sam Wang
>
>
> >Thought I would post my experience to the list and perhaps get some
> >feedback. I wnated to make a bag style bellows that would handle all my
> >shooting from 90mm lens up to a 210 (4x5 format). I bought lightproof
cloth
> >from FreeStyle Sales and had a go. First, the fabric was not really light
> >proof, a small shoe mounted flash behind the fabric in the darkroom and I
> >could clearly see light through the fabric. So I doubled the cloth by
> >contact cementing 2 layers together. Then I cut four pieces that could be
> >described as diamond shapes with the points cut off. I glued these four
> >together at the edges and glued them to the frames and what I created is
a
> >free standing self supporting structure. I was concerned initally that it
> >would collapse when fully extended. The opposite has happened, it's
almost
> >too stiff to collapse.
> >
> >Back to the drawing board. I'm going to try a design that does not have
> >seams runing parallel to the lens axis, thinking this would allow it to
> >collapse better. I also need to find a fabric that is really light proof
in
> >a single layer that is more flexible. On the subject of light tight, was
my
> >flash inside the fabric to severe a test? Would the fabric from FreeStyle
> >have worked just fine in outdoor sunshine even though the flash was
visible
> >through it?
> >
> >Thanks for any input.
> >
> >Dave Schneider
> >Minneapolis
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