Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/08

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: Re: [Leica] another use for black tape - Snapshot Skopar
From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 15:39:23 -0500

Johnny Deadman jotted down the following:

> I did this by putting the camera on a tripod, opening the back, setting the
> shutter to T and using masking tape to attach glassine to the film gate.

Where does one find random-sized pieces of ground class?  It seems to me
that a 35-36mm by 24-25mm piece of ground glass would be really useful in a
whole bunch of situations.

Alternatively, what is glassine and where do I get it?

M.

- -- 
Martin Howard               | "Why do I think that MacOS is better than
Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | Windows? Well, you can put sideburns and
email: howard.390@osu.edu   | shades on a 50-year old guy...but that still
www: http://mvhoward.i.am/  | don't make him Elvis"  -- Unknown
                            +--------------------------------------------