Polycarbonate bodies

[L.R.Lovell@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Lovell)]

Hi all,

I have just shot my first roll of IR film (HIE) and have produced some
really great images. So much so I can't wait to find new material to do it
again- soon. However, I used a plastic camera body (Pentax MZ5/ZX5) which
allowed a little IR leakage onto some of the frames which prompts the
following questions:

1. Can I wrap the camera body in aluminium foil to make it impermeable to IR
wavelengths? If the sun comes out this week I will try to measure the
permeability of aluminium foil to IR wavelengths using a hand held
radiometer, but until then any feedback would be great.

2. My other option is to pick up a K1000 body and use my lenses. Recently
various people alluded to the problems with the K1000's dimpled pressure
plate. Can anybody confirm that this problem CAN be surmounted by using
black tape over the dimples?

Thanks people

Richard
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Richard Lovell                                           Palmerston North
Postgraduate Student                                     New Zealand
Department of Soil Science                               00 64 (0)6 3506187
Massey University                                        00 64 (0)6 3505632
" If you want the fruit of opportunity- you must climb the tree of toil"
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