Re: NOBLEX FILTER - CUSTOM

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On  6 Oct 98 at 16:02, East Coast Photography wrote:

> Its just unbelievable!!!

No it's not, I could have predicted it....:-))
 
> I can not purchase a 81a Noblex 135 filter in Australia !!!!

Apart from the fact that I don't even know for sure whether Noble 
makes this one at all: the Dutch distributor doesn't stock ANY 
filters. Which then raises the question why they should even make 
money on any item coming from Noble....I mean: what on earth is the 
added value of a distributor if he doesn't stock things?
<rant mode off>
 
> So I have ordered a UV
> 
> ? Can anyone advise if it is possibel to modify and how to make the UV a
> 81a ?

Well, both glass and resin are possible, but you run into cutting
difficulties (not cost efficient unless done in larger numbers). A
quick & dirty method would be a thin polyester 81a behind the UV
glass. This is how I created my first #89B (deep red, for Konica
750-IR, Ilford SFX200 & Agfa APX200S) and #12 (medium yellow, for
Kodak EIR infrared color). Those first were in gelatine, but I now
have thin polyester alternatives as well.

No, I still don't like the Dutch distributor....;-))

Oh btw, according to phone conversations, even Noble runs out of 
stock in some colors from time to time. Not sure whether to grin or 
cry....8-))


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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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