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Re: Problem with Wisner 4x5 camera probably solved!

  • From: Roger Hein <rogein@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: Problem with Wisner 4x5 camera probably solved!
  • Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 07:35:41 -0500
>>    A question for you, does anybody know if a plastic dark slide is
>>      opaque to infrared? I am using Fidelity Elite film holders.
>>
>For the old holders, you look on the dark slide.
>If it has three metal dots in the area where the handle attaches to the
>slide,
>it's not IR safe.  If it has 5, then it is.
>
>My "The Complete Photographer" of 1947 says that leather bellows with
>rubberized coating are IR safe.

The standard Wisner leather bellows are not rubberized and not IR safe.
Wisner makes a bellows (rubberized) specifically for IR use.  It sells for
about $80 US.

Roger...



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