Re: focusing loupe and focusing cloth

These are the ones I used...
http://www.homedepot.com/cmc_upload/HDUS/EN_US/asset/images/pii/1/5/4/0/A704
51_3.JPG

3 mil thick.. plus i didn't cut them at all so it was actually 6 mil (3 mil
x the 2 "walls" of the bag) thick.

seemed opaque to me but i don't remember how much I really scrutinized it
since it was just for a camera obscura and not a darkroom.

rob

> From: "Andy Schmitt" <aschmitt@warwick.net>
> Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 12:50:24 -0500
> To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
> Subject: RE: [pinhole-discussion] focusing loupe and focusing cloth
>
> ah but is it really opaque?
> The ones I tried weren't
> andy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pinhole-discussion-admin@pinhole.com
> [mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@pinhole.com]On Behalf Of R Duarte
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 10:40 AM
> To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com
> Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] focusing loupe and focusing cloth
>
>
> The cheapest plastic I've found is the thickest contractor bags they have at
> Home Depot (a hardware store franchise in the US). (contractor bags are
> basically really thick trash bags). I used these bags and gaffer's tape to
> block 3 windows in bright sunlight in my room to create a camera obscura and
> it worked fine. I'm sure it's WAAAAY cheaper than any "darkroom" plastic or
> drapes.
>
> rob
>
>
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Received on Fri Jan 4 13:03:41 2002