Re: Strange Problem and I need some help.

One paper that I had very good luck with in a half-cylinder mode is kodak
Pmax fine art. It's advertized as "double-matte'. Doesn't eliminate fog
entirely but the tonal range is quite good.
----- Original Message -----
From: "George L Smyth" <glsmyth@yahoo.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] 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 15:28:32 2002