From: Pam Niedermayer (pam_pine@cape.com)
Date: 03/09/01-10:21:50 AM Z
Very clever, heading for the workshop even as we speak. :)
Thanks,
Pam
Dave Rose wrote:
>
> Years ago I constructed a 'poor man's densitometer' using my Gossen Luna Pro
> SBC light meter. To do this, I cut a small block of wood and shaped it to
> fit snugly in the small window on the front of the meter. Then I drilled a
> small hole through the wooden block, to allow measurement of very small
> areas. The wood is held in place by rubber bands. I placed a step wedge on
> my light box and measured/recorded the EV readings corresponding to each of
> the steps. Now I can take similar readings from negatives, and determine
> the approximate densities and overall density range of the negs.
>
> It's a rather crude setup, but it works well enough for my needs, and the
> cost was virtually nothing.
>
> Best regards,
> Cactus Cowboy
> Big Wonderful Wyoming
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lukas Werth" <lukas.werth@rz.hu-berlin.de>
>
> > The question about densitometers brought another one to my mind:
> >
> > Since some time, I am playing with the idea to build my own densitometer
> by
> > using my spotmeter according to the plans of David Fokos in "Beyond the
> > Zone System".
> >
> > However, what range does such a densitometer have? My negs are developed
> in
> > pyro - can they be metered by such a self-built device with a blue filter
> > attached?
> >
> > Lukas
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