RE: infrared film counters

[Theo Benson <TBenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David:
You might try some "sliver" mylar tape, similar to what is used to re-mount
35mm slides. The stuff is much thinner than electrical tape (so it might not
cause a scratching problem) and it is adhesive-backed. The adhesive is not
very strong, so you can remove it later. I'm not sure if it's totally opaque
to IR but it is made by depositing metal onto mylar film, so it probably
will work. It's available from most photo supply places as "slide mounting
tape."

Good luck!

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David J. Carlyon [SMTP:david@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Thursday, September 03, 1998 6:44 PM
> To:	infrared@xxxxx
> Subject:	infrared film counters
> 
> My fogging problem is indeed due to the infrared film counter. I had an
> idea, and tried it - I put a little piece of electrical tape over the
> bottom half of the film counter, and shot a roll with it. It did reduce
> the
> problem greatly, to where it wasn't even noticable in many shots, except
> where there was a predominance of black in the fogged area. A disadvantage
> was that the tape appeared to scratch the negatives from time to time. I
> tried another roll, removing tape, and carefully using a black magic
> marker
> to ink over the same area, but as I thought might happen, the fogging was
> back, same as before (apparently the magic marker ink is transparent to
> the
> infrared light). Any other ideas?
> 
> David
> http://scc.net/~david/Photography/
> 
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