[pure-silver] Re: matting square prints

At 03:24 AM 2/23/2005, you wrote:
>Dear Shannon,
>
>      Troublemaker.


Dearest Uncle,

There are a few simple solutions to the square print problem - when all 
else fails, confound 'em!  Turn the paper 45 degrees on the enlarger table 
so the image falls on the diagonals rather than the edges and either: (a) 
cut the mat window rotated 45 degrees to the usual axis, or (b) mount it 
square in a square frame and hang it from a corner!  That will drive a few 
visiting Aunts nuts as they try to make it hang square on the wall.

Another alternative is to simply make round prints.  Know of one individual 
here who has a hyperfocal hand held 8x10 with a 90mm lens - 3 ft to 
infinity at f/16  and it weighs less than 5 pounds.  Nothing like large 
format point and shoot :-)

The corner hanging method has a certain economy, you only need one thumb 
tack or staple.  One needs to restrict bug hunting to the 1/4 inch crown 
staple guns.  The big pneumatic ones firing 1/2 or 5/8 inch by 2 inch 
staples are just not sporting.  Sort of like using a H&H .600 nitro express 
on a mouse.





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