Re: Strange Problem and I need some help.

--- Tom Miller <twmiller@mr.net> wrote:
>
> ----- 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.

Another possibility is to use Tri-X. It has a surface that can be retouched
and (if memory serves) has somewhat of a matt finish.

Cheers -

george

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Received on Tue Aug 13 15:07:46 2002