[LargeFormat] Film loading
Stein
largeformat@f32.net
Fri Nov 9 21:42:19 2001
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Dear Tony,
The changing bag is in reality a doorway into an alien world. And =
that world is hot and humid and full of dust. I use one in the field and =
have found that the best things to do are:
1. Dry everything off well before you enter the bag. Hands, =
holders, film boxes, etc.=20
2. Leave the bag open upside down to let it air out between =
loadings - if your tent is clean enough.
3. Silica gel packets in there do dry it a little.
4. Take in a spare empty film box to put the unloads in but put =
some gaffer tape loops on it so that you can distinguish it from the =
fresh film box by feel.
5. Load it in the shade.
6. Load it in a location that does not have insects buzzing around =
you while your two arms are in the bag. The insects can recognize your =
helplessness and capitalise on it.
7. Load it away from your friends who will come up to you one by =
one and ask what you are doing.=20
8. Les Newcomer was telling the absolute truth about the loose film =
in the holder. I once took a down shot on a model lying sprawled out on =
the studio floor and was rewarded upon pushing the darkslide back in by =
the film falling forward into the camera. No biggie as I just said words =
of power and threw the film across the studio and flipped the holder =
over and continued - but it DOES happen.
9. If your darkbag is a really big one you can put in a little =
shelf to organise the goods you need. I have long contemplated a dark =
box with plenty of space, pockets on the front wall to take the film =
boxes and holders, and a giant all in one hood that comes over the top =
of me and cinches at the waist but this would need road transport rather =
than air. And then I look back at the olden tymes and study the =
dageurreotypist's travelling caravans and railway carriages and try to =
calculate what it would cost to rig up a darkroom on the back of a big =
Kenworth.....
Uncle Dick
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Tony,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> The changing bag =
is in=20
reality a doorway into an alien world. And that world is hot and humid =
and=20
full of dust. I use one in the field and have found that the best =
things to do=20
are:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. Dry everything =
off well=20
before you enter the bag. Hands, holders, film boxes, =
etc. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. Leave the bag =
open upside=20
down to let it air out between loadings - if your tent is clean=20
enough.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3. Silica gel =
packets in there=20
do dry it a little.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>4. Take in a =
spare empty=20
film box to put the unloads in but put some gaffer tape loops on it so =
that=20
you can distinguish it from the fresh film box by =
feel.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>5. Load it in=20
the shade.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>6. Load it in =
a location=20
that does not have insects buzzing around you while your two arms are =
in the=20
bag. The insects can recognize your helplessness and capitalise on=20
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>7. Load it =
away from your=20
friends who will come up to you one by one and ask what you are=20
doing.</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>8. Les Newcomer was =
telling the=20
absolute truth about the loose film in the holder. I once took a down =
shot on=20
a model lying sprawled out on the studio floor and was rewarded upon =
pushing=20
the darkslide back in by the film falling forward into the camera. No =
biggie=20
as I just said words of power and threw the film across the studio and =
flipped=20
the holder over and continued - but it DOES happen.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>9. If your darkbag =
is a really=20
big one you can put in a little shelf to organise the goods you need. =
I have=20
long contemplated a dark box with plenty of space, pockets on the =
front wall=20
to take the film boxes and holders, and a giant all in one hood that =
comes=20
over the top of me and cinches at the waist but this would need road =
transport=20
rather than air. And then I look back at the olden tymes and study the =
dageurreotypist's travelling caravans and railway carriages and try to =
calculate what it would cost to rig up a darkroom on the back of a big =
Kenworth.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Uncle=20
Dick</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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