Re: Tiny cameras for infrared

[Mark Damish <mdamish@xxxxxxx>]

> > I'm thinking of putting a dark red filter inside a pocketable compact camera
> > for use with Kodak High Speed Infrared. When I say pocketable I mean really
> 
> Before you make too many people happy: for HIE you almost certainly need a 
> manual camera, or one that allows easy ASA adjustment. I assume EIR 
> doesn't have an ASA label on the cartridge either.
> (reminds me of the picture of a HIE cartridge in ColorFoto 
> 7/97....never seen one before, I have never developed it myself, I 
> only handled it in the dark....:-))

Most 35mm Minox cameras can be used as a manual camera, with limited shutter
speeds.  Basically, all one needs to do is to put the foot of a flash
into where the flash slides.  This trips a switch, and forces the camera
to shoot at 1/125th of a second.  With the shoe in place, using the
X2 switch will force the camera to shoot at 1/60th of a second.  You could also
remove the top, and short the switch, forcing the camera to be a 2-speed
manual camera.  I had on old ML at one point, and did exactly that.
  Somebody mentioned several ways to mount filters.  Great, I haven't bought
any new hardware in a couple of years.
   The only down point about the Minox, is learning how to load film for this
beast in a changing bag... ...Something practice is likely to cure.

...Mark

 
> -- 
> Bye,
> 
> Willem-Jan Markerink


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   ...Mark Damish   mdamish@xxxxxxx 



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