I have flown to several locations in the US in the past few months. I put my
film in my suitcase (B&W, color neg & chrome - 400 & 3200asa). Last summer.I
used the same procedure when I flew to Turkey including several interior
flights while there. I have never had any problems with fogging. The
I was reading my own post and noticed a mistake when converting inches to
millimeters. I used a factor of 24.5 when in fact an inch is equal to 25.4
millimeters. The time to move across I talked about, therefore, should be:
Time to move across film: (5 x 25.4) / 120 = 1.058333 seconds
Not a bi
I ralize this isn't quite what you're looking for, but . . .
You might consider buying an old Speed Graphic. A ready-made focal
plane shutter for 4x5 film is included. (Don't get a Crown Graphic;
that model line did not include the focal plane shitter.)
For more information (lots of it!) tak
bwphoto4...@aol.com wrote:
Alternatively, they do sell what are being billed as x-ray proof film
bags - I've seen them at my local camera shop, but haven't tried one yet.
There are two problems with the lead foil x-ray proof bags. The first
is that some of them don't work, at least not for h
