Re: [Leica] another use for black tape - Snapshot Skopar

[Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com>]

on 8/11/00 7:25 pm, Martin Howard at howard.390@osu.edu wrote:

> They tend to be expensive little buggers, along with being alusive, unless
> you want stuff like split-image rangefinder and microprisms in the middle,
> which of course for this, we don't.  I was hoping there was going to be a
> cheaper and better alternative.

There is!

Thin, waxed kitchen paper.

Or the diffuse backing you get in some neg preserver sheets.

Or the diffuse ND gel you can get from lighting supply shops.

Or.... anything that's thin, flat and semi transparent.

I've used all of the above and still do. For ground glass I take the 6x6 out
of my Rolleiflex and use that.
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Johnny Deadman

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