[LargeFormat] Idiot

[Marcus Ward]

After you make an image, put the darkslide back in black side out.  Never
expose a holder that is black side out.

As an aside, I always expose both sides of the holder on the same image if
possible so that if development isn't right on the first one I can rectify
that on the second one.  Or if I do get it right, then I have a backup.
Invariably dust will be on the sky of one of them.  If you do this then you
put the whole holder in the 'shot' bag and don't have to worry about double
exposing.  Expose, flip, expose, put away.  Film is cheap.

M

----- Original Message -----
From: "rstein" <rstein@bigpond.net.au>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 7:01 AM
Subject: [LargeFormat] Idiot


> Dear Friends,
>
>      Have you nothing better to do than read the ramblings of an idiot?
And
> make no mistake about it - I am an idiot. I was reminded of this just now
> when I took a rack of 4 x 5 negatives out of the wash tank and pegged them
> up. I have done the old trick of failing to turn the DD slide over and
have
> put two images on one sheet.
>
>     The young lady in question did her part very well. Both images show a
> commendable amount of young lady and the poses are quite elegant. The fact
> that they are 90 degrees to each other and overlapping a chest on a
backside
> is the problem.
>
>     I must make a sacrifice here. Something must go. Please let me know
the
> Kodak formulae for dissolving one of the backsides or one of the heads. We
> can leave the 4 chests there as a sort of artistic statement.
>
>      Alternately, would you please all detail how you prevent this sort of
> deplorable operational foulup in your studios? I have done it about 3
times
> so far and the result never has quite the appeal of the single image.
>
>      Uncle Idiot
>
>
>
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