Rosanne,
Go to a commercial studio lighting company and ask them for a "Lee filters" swatch book
of the gels they use for lighting. The swatch book will have just about every filter
you could experiment with.
I shot some Polacolor 59 a long time ago and noticed that it did need filtering, as
almost everything had a bluish tint. Thinking about it now I'd use a filter that would
change your image by at least half using the Tungsten conversion filter; don't worry
they are all marked. Play with the more yellow- yellow gold filters. Another cool thing
about the swatch book is that you can take a shot, let it develop and then look through
the filters at the photo until it looks right; and that's the filter to use. It's like
using filters to print color; that is if you've ever done that.
Another cool thing to do is take some of the filter swatches out of the book and cover
a flash for a 35 mm camera; like a Vivitar 283. When you do this you can paint with
light in the early evening or even night.
I hope this helps.
"Keep on Pinholin'",
Tom
ethereal art wrote:
> +AD4-By the way, has anyone experimented with Polacolor 59 4x5 sheet film in +AD4-a
> pinhole camera? I have obtained good results using it in my press +AD4-camera
> but haven't had good results in my pinhole camera. Does it not +AD4-work with
> extended exposure times? Any input in this area would also +AD4-be welcome.
> +AD4-Thanks
> +AD4-Sincerely,
> +AD4-Andrew Sias
>
> Try turning your press camera into a pinhole camera... Make life easy+ACE-
> Rosanne
>
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