Re: Strange Problem and I need some help.

----- Original Message -----
From: "ROBERTSON,TRAVIS J" <IS-TJR@womans.com>
>
> >Chances are that the light you are seeing is caused by a reflection
from
> the
> >surface of your film or paper. Did you paint the inside of the
camera
> black?
> >That will help, though it may not eliminate the problem.
>
> I did paint the inside of the camera black. I did not consider that
light
> could reflect from the paper, (Duh :P )and I guess there is an
advantage of
> having a flat surface for your film.

Don't give up on the curved film plane! Use a matt surface paper. It
won't reflect light onto itself. The images will be spectacular.

> I also might be getting a reflection
> from my pinhole because I did not want to pant it black, because
they say it
> will mess up your hole, so this could be a problem. To tried to
get around
> this problem by using electrical tape to cover as much of the metal
I could.
> I bet that light could reflect off of the tape. I hope that this
helps
> other people in some way.

3M's photographer's tape works well, too, but is a little more pricey
than other alternatives.

Tom
Received on Tue Aug 13 14:18:20 2002