Materials needed:    35mm Still Camera

                                   400 ASA Color Print Film

                                   Watch

We recommend doing your film test in full sunlight.  Set the watch next to the tent where you can see it with your hands inside the tent.

1) Load the 35mm still camera with the color print film. Close the camera back and advance 2-3 frames. Zip the camera inside the tent. Put both your hands inside the tent, making sure the elastic sleeves are snug around your forearms or above your elbow.

2) Open the back of the camera, and advance the film 3 more frames. Very carefully pull a small amount of film out of the cassette, and twist the film gently so the 'emulsion' faces the dome of the tent. Hold in place 2-3 minutes.

3) Untwist the film and rewind back into the cassette before removing your hands from inside the tent. Once the film is inside the cassette, you can remove your hands and open the tent to remove the camera.

4) Take the cassette to any one hour processing lab, and specify "DEVELOP ONLY- DO NOT PRINT". I usually tell the lab that it is a film test only, and there are not supposed to be any photographs on the film (so they don't throw it away!)

5) The film test should return with base (orange) color only. Camera Essentials would be happy to evaluate any results if you are not sure what the test should look like.

6) If for any reason the film has bands of black or color streaks on the clear base, please send the film test and the tent to Camera Essentials for evaluation.

7) Camera Essentials guarantees every tent to be light-proof when it leaves our warehouse. We will replace any tent that is defective up to 6 months of purchase. The film test is strictly for your confidence.

Camera Essentials  2620 1/2 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA   90027
Tel: 323-666-8936  Fax: 323-666-0214 E-Mail:info@cameraessentials.com