Re: AN (Anti-Newton) glass question

Ken Hart wrote:
> <jjs> wrote in message news:13tr3556kpoj2e8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> The Focomat IIa uses AN glass for the top glass, and plain for the
lower.
>>
>> Is this a universal principle? IOW, can I presume the same for any 
>> two-glass carrier?
>>
>>
> 
> What I have heard is that the Anit-Newton glass is against the smooth
base 
> side of the negative, and you can use plain glass against the rougher 
> emulsion side of the negative. I don't know if this is a fact or not; I
use 
> glassless neg carriers. 
> 
> 
It is more likely that the texture of the ANR glass cannot be in the 
emulsion focal plane without showing up (as well as the emulsion not 
(usually) being as glossy as the base.
gr