Re: Sorry to beat a dying horse, but more questions on lighting and Cyanotypes...

I can handle 2 hours, no problem. I am not outputting at a high rate.
 However if BL bulbs will do the same in 10-30 minutes I'll just go
buy a few of those tubes.

Cheers,
Alex

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Cheers,
Alex Swain (fo)
http://www.zoom.sh
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:51:05 -0500 (EST), Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Loris Medici wrote:
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> > Alex,
> > Are you sure that you read the articles well? I guess you will have
> > exposure times around 8 - 12 hours with these bulbs. You have to use BL
> > tubes (or Philips '05 Actinic tubes if you're in Europe), with these
> > bulbs placed 5cm (2") above the printing frame glass (1cm between each
> > bulb is enough to provide an even illumination, 8 bulbs is enough to
> > cover 60x40cm ~ 24x16") you will experience around 6 - 12 minutes
> > exposure times (former: new cyanotype, latter: double coated classic
> > cyanotype).
> 
> Hi Loris -- I think you may exaggerate... With regular daylight bulbs I
> think the exposure could be as little as 2 hours -- maybe even less... but
> don't expect midtones.
> 
> Judy
>