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I made a 8 x 10 camera to take glass plates. It was intended to have liquid
light painted on the plates so I could play with drawing with the emulsion.
It's the rainy season here in Northern California. so the camera is much to
slow four what I intended to do with it. I only found this out after
reading some of the recent posts concerning paper exposure speeds. Thanks,
saved me some bucks.

To make a long story a bit shorter, I now want to put sheet film in it. The
stuff is expensive. I tried taking a few test shots to get the exposure
down. My problem is, (besides being totally blind), I can't tell what side
the emulsion is on. Paper has more tooth on the paper side than the
emulsion side. the film feels the same on both sides. I tried both sides
and my wife said both negatives had images. I noticed some notches on the
film. Can I use them to orient the film?

If you are wondering I had intended to use the glass plates to take shots
of a nearby steam train as it stops at a station . I wanted to take them in
the rain, so the camera is so robust it looks like it was made in a tractor
factory. The train isn't running during the rainy season I just found out.
I don't want a little rain to slow me down so I still want to give my
camera a dunking.

the guide dog didn't like the steam train anyway ,

Pete
Received on Tue Jan 22 19:57:34 2002