Terry, > On that basis, it seems reasonable to go ahead with the experiment with a 1/4 > slot to see what happens. We can then vary the slot or the aperture as > appropriate. Of course, if we were looking looking for a perfect shot we > would not be using drop shutters and bits of cotton !. Right. Exactly what I would do! Have a bit of fun with it! Since I believe you have the possibility of testing the system you don't need to nail it on the first try and so a bit of experimentation would be appropriate methinks. > It would be marvellous if you could make APIS 2004 though. What is APIS? How might I participate? andy Andrew Davidhazy, Professor School of Photographic Arts and Sciences/RIT andpph@xxxxxxx http://www.rit.edu/~andpph