Re: No 8 gel filter

Jeff,

I have had that same problem. The solution was to hand hold the filter
in front of the pinhole and keep it in moving during the exposure. The
only other why I know is make sure the filter is clean. Which is almost
impossible.

james

On Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at 02:45 PM, Jeff Dilcher wrote:

>
>
> Any filter should require some adjustment, but a number 8 is
> not very dark. I usually take my reading through the filter,
> but I can't remember the adjustment. Maybe 1/3 or 2/3 stop
> additional?
>
>
> On a related note, I just finished shooting about 20
> pictures in a 4x5 pinhole with a gel filter behind the pinhole.
> Some shots had alot of "clear" dots in the negative- I am assuming
> that some micro dust particles on the filter were projected on
> the negative. Anyone else battle this?
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Shannon Stoney wrote:
>
>> Hi. I have this #8 gel filter that I've been putting in my pinhole
>> camera.
>> At first I thought that it wouldn't make any difference as to exposure
>> times, but now I think it does. I had read that you don't have to
>> make any
>> compensation for the #8, but I have noticed that it depresses the
>> shadows a
>> bit. I wonder if anybody else has noticed this and if you make an
>> exposure
>> compensation when you use it.
>>
>> --shannon
>>
>>
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Received on Tue Jun 18 19:22:52 2002