Re: using filters

Jeremy,

What I do is I hold the filter with my had in front of the pinhole and
keep moving through out the exposure. That way the dust is not in one
place long enough to record on the film.

James

On Saturday, October 26, 2002, at 12:10 AM, Jeremy Jeffs wrote:

> I've been shooting B+W landscapes on a pinhole camera. To bring out
> clouds
> I've been using a yellow filter behind the pinhole - in front would
> mean
> than every speck of dirt is in focus. My problem is that specks of
> dirt cast
> a blur/shadow on the negs. I've tried vigilant cleaning but can't
> seem to
> eradicate them. Any suggestions on keeping contrast in the sky without
> a
> filter? Or alternatively how to use a filter without rendering every
> speck
> of dirt?
>
> thanks, Jeremy.
>
>
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Received on Fri Oct 25 07:35:05 2002