Re: Dealing with reloading in daylight

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 23 Jul 97 at 20:42, ANDPPH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I guess I should check the FAQs but this is quicker! Given the need to be extra
> careful when loading HIE in daylight to prevent fogging of the film due to lack
> of antihalation layer, has anyone found a changing bag to be an impractical way
> to unload and load a camera while "in the field"? Any other suggestions?

I even managed to use a bag on steep ski slopes, where I was not able 
to remove my ski's (well, I could, but that would have caused both 
ski's and PhotoTrekker resting on them crashing down....8-)).
Although I like extreme cold weather for skiing (keeps the slopes 
nice and quiet), both my hands and my feet (from hanging upside down) 
take some time to defrost afterwards. I have been pondering about 
insulating the bag....
Loading my EOS-1 is easy, but I also managed to poke through a
shutter, in an attempt to grab the leader....oddly enough it wasn't
broken, but the shutter leafs were in utter distress. I managed to
pry them back in, and in the right order, and the camera worked
flawlessly during the rest of the holidays. Only much later, after I
wanted to test the 'no-EOS lens mounted = body lockup' trick it
jammed permanently....probably only because I dented the leafs in my 
repair attempt....my first poking didn't harm them, but grabbing them 
with a plier did....
Loading my Horizon 202 panorama camera takes more fiddling....and
the coldest fingers....if anyone is interested, I have a chapter on
my homepage dealing with this (see URL in the footer).

But no matter how frost-bite my fingers, I prefer cold over heat when 
using a bag....I hate those sauna's inside when the first loading 
attempts fail....8-((

Once I get 70mm and 4x5 going, I probably need a darkload 
tent....even with the lights on the Mamiya back is a complicated 
puzzle to dis- and re-assemble....



- -- 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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