RE: Which 4x5 film holders are ifrared safe?

["Joseph O'Neil" <joneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:42 11/07/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Look at the area where you draw the slide.  If you see a series of FIVE
>raised dots, then the slide is IR opaque.  I don't use my Fidelity holders
>because they have seven raied dots, but my Riteway holders have five and
>work just fine.  Additionally, if the open end of the holders are facing the
>sun, you may wish to place the slide partially back into the holder when
>shooting, as I've heard reports (not experienced) that this could be a
>problem.

	I have had that happen to me on older film holders, even on non-IR film.
I think the cloth light baffle inside the end of thefilm hodler just wears
down with time.  I usually try to keep the end covered myself when expoded
to the sun.
joe

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