From: MICHAEL STEINLE (MIKAD@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 04/12/00-06:44:14 PM Z
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From: "Larry Watson" <larry@oreilly.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: Carlton Watkins: collodion, albumen
>
> Not being a reenactor, an thus not attached to being historically
> correct, I wonder if it's possible to make a wet "plate" negitive
> using modern equipment by coating a thin sheet of mylar or
> something similar, instead of a glass plate, then loading it in a
> standard film loader. The film loader might get a little soggy
> after awhile, but I don't know why it wouldn't work. Has
> anyone tried something like this?
This can be done and I know someone that has been doing it to make panoramic
wet plate images.
Mike Steinle
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