Re: Will paper work in 4x5 film holder?

well..... i asked this question about a month ago and i just tried it last
week. yikes. it worked once and the other time, the darkslide crunched the
paper and popped it out of the holder instead of sliding in front of the
paper. of course this all happened inside the camera so i couldn't help it
at all. i guess i could've brought the camera back to the darkroom when i
suspected trouble (uh oh, the dark slid isn't sliding!) but then what's the
point of using the holders if this is going to happen every other time! i
think the trick is going to be to cut the paper a bit longer than 5" so that
it hangs out of the holder a little. that way i can feed the darkslide in
FRONT of the paper before pushing it in further. i'm not quite sure how the
holder keeps itself light-tight though, so i'm wondering if leaving the
paper hanging out of the holder a bit is going to cause light to leak inside
somehow. i'll have to try it. so my question is, why doesn't my problem
happen with film? maybe i should've positioned the camera so it was on its
back when i put the slide in. hmm.

rob

> From: Jeff Dilcher <root@hiddenworld.net>
> Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 10:39:21 -0500 (EST)
> To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
> Subject: RE: [pinhole-discussion] Will paper work in 4x5 film holder?
>
>
> I wonder if 4x5 enlarging paper will fit exactly in
> the sheet film holders?
>
> They should, but I haven't tried...
>
> -Jeff
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Andy Schmitt wrote:
>
>> Why not? As long as you cut it the right side & put the emulsion facing out
>> ( 80) )
>> it should be a very good method for holding it.
>> andy
>
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Received on Tue Dec 18 11:05:36 2001