Originally Posted by
HMNB32
I recently acquired a beat up daydark street camera I am working on restoring, and have hit somewhat of a roadblock. For those who are unfamiliar, these cameras were made for vendors to take, develop and sell postcards or photo-buttons right on the spot, with a developing/fixing tank within the camera. To make this useable, there was a safelight on top of the camera so you could safely view what you were doing, keyword here is was...
My original idea was to use rubylith to replace it, but after ordering a sheet I found it to be non-transparent. For a normal safelight, no problem, but since I need to see through this it is unusable.
My next idea was to double layer either rosco R27 Medium red or LEE Filters Marius Red, and was curious if anyone had any experience with either of these, or anything else that would work. When the camera is all fixed up, I will most likely be shooting photo paper, or homemade blue-sensitive and orthochromatic gelatin tintypes in it, for an idea on spectral sensitivity.
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!
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