Re: Holes in film back

[Eckhard Stephan <eckhard.stephan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"David J. Carlyon" wrote:

> I have an 800si, and the part of the back that springs forward to keep the
> film flat has a couple of rectangular holes in it - I believe they're for
> the time/date option, though I don't have that option. The result, when I
> use Kodak HIE, is 2 rectangles in the prints, slightly darker than the rest
> of the image.
>
> There's an example of the effect in
> http://scc.net/~david/Photography/Ellee/sky.jpg - look over her left
> shoulder (right side of the image, behind her neck).
>
> I believe the effect is probably because the light isn't bouncing back to
> the film there, but just going on through. Is there any particular tape or
> something I could cover that up with? The rest of the back piece is a shiny
> black.
>
> David
>

Hello David,

I recently bought a Minolta 600si Classic, which has a similar backplate.
Therefore I had exactly the same problem with HIE (BTW: the holes do not seem
to matter when using EIR). I simply got myself a piece of black self-adhesive
plastic foil at a local department store. After I had put the foil over the
backplate, I got perfect HIE-pictures [at least in a technical sense ;-) ].
Normally the foil is used to put a cover on furniture, working plates and the
like. It is available in different colours. There are shiny versions as well as
dull ones (I use a shiny one that resembles the backplate's colour). The foil
is called "dc-fix". I do not know, whether it is sold outside Germany (where I
live), but I am quite sure you could get something similar, too.

Hope, this will help you,

Eckhard Stephan

eckhard.stephan@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.eckhards-photobox.de

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