Thanks, those tips should help!
Rob
> From: Chris Peregoy <peregoy@gl.umbc.edu>
> Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:09:34 -0500
> To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
> Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Will paper work in 4x5 film holder?
>
> Rob,
>
> You might be loading your paper on the track fro the darkslide. A film
> holder has two tracks inside. One is for film (or paper) and is loaded
> through the bottom. The bottom flips down and from there you can see the
> two tracks. Make sure the paper sits in the lower track. The darkslide
> uses the upper track and is inserted through a felt trap at the top. You
> could also be having problems with you paper being cut a tad to wide.
> 4x5 film is really 3.9"x4.9" so that it slides into the holders right.
> If you cut 8x10 cleanly in half, you might be having some bowing of the
> paper. This might be what caught on the darkslide when you tried to put
> it back in. If that is the case, try to trim a little more off the
> sides. Having it extra long won't work as it won't fit into the film
> track right. Good luck. Its not to hard when you have proper instructions.
>
>
> R Duarte wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
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