Re: Re: sheet film instead of photo paper

--- Guy Glorieux <guy.glorieux@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>
> George L Smyth wrote:
>
> > I use 4X5 and 8X10 all the time. The advantage is that you can use film
> > holders to swap the film out, so shooting is not a one shot deal.
>
> Hi George,
> I'm not sure I understood that one. What do you mean by "swapping the film
> out", so that shooting is not a one shot deal?

With most of my pinhole cameras, I put the film in, take a picture, then that's
it. When the film is in holders, you can simply remove the film after
exposure, pop in another film holder, pull the dark slide, and take another
picture. I've got a number of 4X5 and 8X10 holders that can be swapped in and
out of the camera, so that taking pictures is not a one-shot deal.

> > I also use 10X12 half-tone film and develop with dilute Dektol. The
pictures
> > "Jimmy" at http://members.home.net/hmpi/Pinhole/Images/PinholeImages.htm
and
> > "We Are Glad you Are Here" at
> > http://members.home.net/hmpi/AltProcess/Images/AltImages.htm were made this
> > way. The advantage of this film is that it is so cheap (something like 50
> > cents per sheet of 10X12).
>
> It's been a while since I saw these pictures. Very nice. I also
> particularly like the Tug Boat. What Alt. printing process did you use?

These were done with the Van Dyke process. The Tug Boat is from a Velvia
slide, from which I created a negative with halftone film. I then used it to
contact the print.

Cheers -

george

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Received on Sat Nov 10 18:28:00 2001