Re: 4 x 5 questions

I think the "BTZS" brand dark clothes are the sort you want. there are ads
in View camera magazine.
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From: "Gordon J. Holtslander" <holtsg@duke.usask.ca>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] 4 x 5 questions

> I did a little fiddling around with ground-glass with pinhole.
>
> A dark-cloth was a necessity. The one I have was too small to block all
> the light. I thought what was really needed was sort of a "balaclava"
> type hood.
>
> Something that fits over the camera back on one end and tightly around
> your face on the other end. Would have to make it out of some kind of
> opaque stretchy fabric. It would be sort of like a bellows that fits onto
> your head.
>
> It would be one look even more bizarre than one usually does when taking
> pinhole pictures. - Ever tried explaining to someone what you are trying
> to do with this funny shaped card board box covered with duct tape and
> computer printouts, when they have never heard of a pinhole camera. They
> seem to think the pinholes are elsewhere.
>
> Gord
>
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Received on Mon Sep 17 16:59:26 2001