Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Use for Defective Black Tape
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 23:09:11 -0800

At 01:25 AM 2/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Perhaps some of those QC engineers should have stayed in Germany; my
>brand new black tape has a few pinholes in it.  I don't know what to do,
>send it back or try to fix it myself. (tape perhaps?)  Has any one else
>had problems like this?
>
>Colin
> 

This one is easy. Get a Quaker Oats oatmeal container, punch a hole in the
side, put a piece of your defective tape over the hole. In a darkroom, put
a piece of 4x5 sheet film on the inside of the container opposite the taped
over hole (emulsion side toward the taped hole). Put the lid on the
container and tape it on with some real tape, bought at a real hardware
store. Take the container outside and point it at something. Let it set
there for awhile. Then back to the darkroom, take out the film and develop
it. You have a great picture from a pinhole camera. For bracketing, repeat
at longer or shorter intervals.

Jim