[alt-photo] Re: Alt-photo-process-list Digest, Vol 722, Issue 1

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El 11/09/12 15:25, andy schmitt escribió:
> Richard
> When Karen & I were in Madrid, we had out portrait done by a street
> photographer who was certainly not using direct positive paper.
> The image she took was processed in the camera, dried moderately and
> rephotographed by being placed into a holder a set distance from the camera.
> It was also processed, washed(sort of) and dried off (sort of). She told me
> to wash it out more in the sink when I got back to the hotel.
> Since I had expressed so much interest in the process, she also gave me the
> paper negative.
> Pretty impressive, fast & it delivered an awfully nice image..
> I've often thought about building one of those cameras out of a spare
> 8x10...
> Regards
> Andy Schmitt
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>       I am pretty sure these used direct-positive paper and probably worked
> about like the street photographers cameras.
> The ones I remember from when I was a kid delivered sepia images which may
> be a clue as to the process.  They were found in many places.
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
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Andy, those cameras were called "minuteras". The name comes from minute 
as time unit. The photographer said that was what it took to deliver 
positive role, however there were several minutes. Inside the chamber 
there is a small deposit of paper, two small trays for developer and 
fixer. They were very popular in Spain, photographers "minuteros" roamed 
the Spanish geography immortalizing their neighbors and characters. 
Today persist in certain tourist sites (Madrid, Segovia, etc-). I am 
restoring an old camera minute.
Greetings from Spain
Excuse my English text translated by computer.