Re: [pinhole-discussion] color processing

2001-07-17 Thread William Erickson
I'd be a little surprised if an aquarium heater can maintain 100 degrees very reliably. In my experience, c-41 developing, especially 35mm, is tedious, prone to variation in contrast, probably due to variability in agitation rates, and no fun at all. - Original Message - From: Jeff Dilcher

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Re: Zero 2000 problems

2001-07-17 Thread Guillermo
I'd suggest the hat trick!! (substitute the hat with a 8x8" or so piece of dark cardboard or similar flat material. Place the "hat" in front of the camera, slide the shutter out, rapidly remove the hat, count your exposure second(s), place hat rapidly back in front of camera, slide the shutter

Re: [pinhole-discussion] color processing

2001-07-17 Thread Jeff Dilcher
Thanks for the responses to my original question. >From what I have gathered, it appears that c41 is not too difficult to do. Apparantly, however, you need to maintain chemicals at 100deg F, throughout development. I have a plastic drum (Jobo 3010, I believe) that I rotate my 4x5 negatives in f

[pinhole-discussion] Pinhole images by Martha Casanave

2001-07-17 Thread Stephen Springer
Hi Pinholers: In case you haven't seen it, the latest edition of View Camera Magazine features some beautiful pinhole images by Martha Casanave. The article mentions her web site at: http://www.marthacasanave.com/ It's worth a look, especially her Coastal Pinholes series. Another article in

[pinhole-discussion] Re: Zero 2000 problems

2001-07-17 Thread JOEBESSE
Thanks for everyone who answered my query. As I stated I am having this problem only on about 1/2 of my images. The ones I expose fast, that is at 1 second are usually no problem, but those at 2 seconds or longer usually have this problem. Maybe I could take the shutter off and put a piece of bl

[pinhole-discussion] Ø-2K problem and 120 slides

2001-07-17 Thread ethereal art
>Could anyone tell me how to stop getting the lens cover in the image> >--__--__-- I was getting my fingers [index, middle and ring] in my negatives. Since I've been using the new model with the cable release, I have nothing in my images except my pictures. How do I go about putting 120 slides

Re: [pinhole-discussion] color processing

2001-07-17 Thread lva
> I had been asking around a month or so ago to people I know about > doing color processing at home. And all of them warned me of the very > dangerous chemicals involved. Any tips from those of you who have > been doing it. I would love to do my color at home like I do my own > black and white,

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Zero 2000 camera problem

2001-07-17 Thread George L Smyth
--- joebe...@aol.com wrote: > Could anyone tell me how to stop getting the lens cover in the image. Even > using short exposures of 1 or 2 seconds with Verichrome 125 film I get about > half of the 12 images on a roll with part of the lens cover in the photo. > Wondering if people who have the c

[pinhole-discussion] Re: different shaped holes

2001-07-17 Thread Kate Hudec
Has anyone experimented with using different shaped holes? I'd be really interested in seeing examples of this. Thanks. Kate

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Zero 2000 camera problem

2001-07-17 Thread Jeff Dilcher
Here is a Zero2000 image I took last summer. No problem with shutter, as the shutter was basically my thumb (!) (pardon the long URL...) http://www.???/discussion/upload/gallery2001.php?cmd=max&start=&pic=jeff_dilcher__coke_.jpg I think I took this in Cartersville, GA. on one of my rambles

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Zero 2000 exposure times

2001-07-17 Thread Guillermo
- Original Message - From: "R Duarte" > So, I haven't gotten back my first roll yet so I'm not sure how/if the > images are going to develop. I'm a little concerned about the exposure > times... I tried using my light meter but the exposure times came out to > about 1/8 second in brigh

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Zero 2000 camera problem

2001-07-17 Thread Guillermo
Is it possible for you people to post an example of an image exhibiting the mentioned problem? Guillermo - Original Message - From: > In a message dated 7/16/01 5:31:34 PM Central Daylight Time, joebe...@aol.com > writes: > > << Could anyone tell me how to stop getting the lens cove

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Zero 2000 camera problem

2001-07-17 Thread DAlfrey
In a message dated 7/16/01 5:31:34 PM Central Daylight Time, joebe...@aol.com writes: << Could anyone tell me how to stop getting the lens cover in the image. Even using short exposures of 1 or 2 seconds with Verichrome 125 film I get about half of the 12 images on a roll with part of the len