From: Robert W. Schramm (schrammrus@hotmail.com)
Date: 09/26/02-06:00:12 PM Z
Point of info on Dag plates.
Theiss makes good plates but you must order well in advance. The aparently
make them to order and it might take a couple of months. Also they are not
cheap. The last ones I bought were about $30 each. If you don't guild the
plate you can repolish and use it over about 5 times. Inspect all plates
immediatly after you receive them for defects. Theiss will not replace
defective plates if too much time has passed. The only defect I have ever
found has been blisters.
Bob Schramm
>From: Christopher Lovenguth <chrisml@pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: RE: Was someone asking about printing daguerreotypes from film?
>Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 20:56:27 -0700
>
>Everything is listed on www.newdags.com. I get my plates from Theiss which
>is listed under resources on that website. I would really study that site
>and plan what to do because this process is not cheap and the chemicals
>even
>just with the Becquerel method are not the safest in the world. I've been
>messing around now since about April and I am finally getting results now.
>Also you really have to think visually how the final product is going to
>look like since daguerreotypes are very unique in the fact that the image
>moves in and out of positive and negative and it affects the composition.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: filmpro [mailto:filmpro@mac.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 7:18 PM
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: RE: Was someone asking about printing daguerreotypes from film?
>
> >Now with the photofloods, I know they have hardly any UV light but I have
> >read that even a 100 watt tungsten bulb will develop out the plate, so I
> >started trying that first to expose the plate with the chrome film. I
>kept
> >getting no results so as a last resort I tried the 500 watt photoflood. I
> >started at 10 minutes and have eventually found out after several tries
>that
> >it needs only about 25 seconds. I think a UV light source might actually
>be
> >too powerful for what I'm doing if it only takes a few seconds with a
> >photoflood. -Chris
>
>
>Hi!
>
>Where are, and what are your plates costing you? I want to try this
>process?
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Mac
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