Re: [pinhole-discussion] Zone plates for a body cap

2002-10-24 Thread Beaker
Mine bayonet into place, and haven't leaked any light with a pinhole in place. You just have to be a little careful when you get them. Cheers Mike On Thursday, October 24, 2002, at 10:11 PM, John Yeo wrote: Does the pentax K body cap lock into the bayonet mount? The one I have is just a

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Zone plates for a body cap

2002-10-24 Thread Guillermo
- Original Message - From: Beaker mbea...@mac.com I'm thinking of getting a sheet of Zone Plates made for a Pentax K mount body cap (optimized for 43 mm). Would anyone be interested in buying any? The reason I ask, the negative will cost something like $50 to $75, (the shop has a $50

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Zone plates for a body cap

2002-10-24 Thread John Yeo
Does the pentax K body cap lock into the bayonet mount? The one I have is just a pressure fit, and I am afraid it would come off really easily or leak light. John - Original Message - From: Beaker mbea...@mac.com To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 6:39

[pinhole-discussion] Zone plates for a body cap

2002-10-24 Thread Beaker
Hi- I'm thinking of getting a sheet of Zone Plates made for a Pentax K mount body cap (optimized for 43 mm). Would anyone be interested in buying any? The reason I ask, the negative will cost something like $50 to $75, (the shop has a $50 minimum.) and I would like to spread the cost out a

Re: [pinhole-discussion] toning cyanotypes

2002-10-24 Thread Gordon J. Holtslander
Hi: Nitric acid is kind of nasty. I've used tannic acid to tone cyanotypes On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, dennis vinciguerra wrote: Hello all, Certain cyanotype images work very well in blue, some in brown but then there are those that need to be black. The formula I have calls for nitric acid but

Re: [pinhole-discussion] toning cyanotypes

2002-10-24 Thread Scott Walker
try here to find nitric acid. http://www.brainerdchemical.com/frameset_cat.htm this site has a couple of toning recipes too: http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/c_cyano.htm Scott W. - Original Message - From: dennis vinciguerra vinciguer...@compuserve.com To: Pinhole-Discussion@p at

[pinhole-discussion] toning cyanotypes

2002-10-24 Thread dennis vinciguerra
Hello all, Certain cyanotype images work very well in blue, some in brown but then there are those that need to be black. The formula I have calls for nitric acid but I'm not having any luck locating it. Anyone have either a source or another black toning formula ? Thank you, Dennis

[pinhole-discussion] Re:unsubscibe to list failure

2002-10-24 Thread John Maher
I would like (desperately!) to unsubscribe to the pinhole visions list. I followed your directions to discussions submenu. Nothing comes up.Previously there was a subscibe but no unsubscibe button. Now there is a blank page with your menu at the top. Please help. I have been stuck on this

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole of partial eclipse

2002-10-24 Thread gregg b. mc neill
Indeed! Pinhole: one of the most interesting bits of useless information I have come across for a long time... Has anyone started in on the t-shirts yet? If so, I do hope they remember to give Dr. Samuelson his due credit. Mike Healy - Original Message - From: gregg b. mc neill To:

Re: [pinhole-discussion] Pinhole of partial eclipse

2002-10-24 Thread Michael Healy
Pinhole: one of the most interesting bits of useless information I have come across for a long time... Has anyone started in on the t-shirts yet? If so, I do hope they remember to give Dr. Samuelson his due credit. Mike Healy - Original Message - From: gregg b. mc neill To:

[pinhole-discussion] Pinhole of partial eclipse

2002-10-24 Thread gregg b. mc neill
hey pinholers, this is a post from the Cinematography mailing list I belong to. I thought some of you might be interested in this, particulaly in the submission of a photograph to be (potentially) included in this VERY well respected magazine. gb mcneill Very interesting, because I am

[pinhole-discussion] pinhole portfolio

2002-10-24 Thread DAVID WALTERS
Good morning, Gordon, I would be very interested in contributing, if you think that would be possible. Did you have any particular technique in mind or would anything be useful to you? I had been asked to put something together for the club I belong to, I gave a small presentation about Polaroid

Re: [pinhole-discussion] problems with cyanotypes

2002-10-24 Thread B2MYOUNG
In a message dated 10/23/02 8:40:41 PM, neuhausph...@aol.com writes: Not really...the intense blue achieved with the H2O2 bath just quick forces the dark blue that will naturally occur with normal drying...kind of like a preview. Exactly leezy

Re: [pinhole-discussion] problems with cyanotypes

2002-10-24 Thread Gordon J. Holtslander
When a cyanotype is made it looks gorgeous when wet. As it dries it looks lighter. After the cyanotyoe is dry the pigment (prussian blue) oxidizes and gradually turns darker. hydrogen peroxide oxidized the pigment immediately. Its not the drying process that makes it go darker - its the