Re: Paparazzi technique

[Edward Meyers <aghalide@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:

> On  3 Sep 97 at 23:49, chad nason wrote:
> 
> > At 02:09 PM 9/2/97 -0700, Thomas H. Hogan wrote:
> > >Can anyone tell me a source for a glass mounted 
> > >or otherwise heat resistant Wratten 87c type filter?
> > >I need to mount one behind a fiber optic light source.
> > 
> > and on that note-
> > can anyone tell me where to find a wratten 87c 
> > equivalent that DOES NOT NEED a special frame/
> > frame holder?  (preferably for less $, too)
> > 
> > hey, yeah!-
> > i want an opaque filter for UNDER 70-80 US bucks.
> >   *B+W 's got an opaque but it's $80
> >   *the setup for the 87c will run me $73ish
> 
> I have managed to get 87C custom made in Cokin-P size (83x83mm), as
> well as many other colors (70, 89B, 88, 87, and working on 87B and
> 12). 
> IMHO a much better solution than screw filters anyway....screw mounts 
> are not made to be screwed on and off gazillions of times....and that 
> is their fate in case of opaque filters, switching between 
> composition and exposure. The only thing even more ergonomic is a 
> thin filter behind the shutter, between the film rails.
> Not glass, but the same material as Cokin, CR39.
> Less than half the price, US$30.
> Email me if you are interested (also in case of a filter between the 
> film rails....there are much better solutions than vulnerable Wratten 
> gelatine).
> 
> -- 
> Bye,
> 
> Willem-Jan Markerink
> 
> 
>       The desire to understand 
> is sometimes far less intelligent than
>      the inability to understand
> 
> 
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As you probably know, the filter numbers that we use are
Kodak Wratten numbers. When Kodak sells you a wratten filter
you can be sure it's that filter. But when other manufacturers
use the same numbers to designate their filters, don't be
sure they are the same. Ed Meyers

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