Hey tintypers,

I've been thinking about doing a series of images at night, which I think would look great as tintypes. However, when I did some experiments last night, it didn't really work. I shot with a rapid rectilinear at f/8, and even with an exposure time of 8 minutes, the only thing that appeared were little dots where the outdoor lights around my house are. It was near freezing last night, so the thought crossed my mind that maybe plates become less sensitive in the cold, is that the case? if so, I'll probably just wait for warmer weather before trying again. My other thought was that I could acquire an aero ektar which would give me another 2 1/3 stops of light, but I'm not sure if I'd get enough in focus with that. Do any of you have suggestions?

Thanks,
Ethan