Minolta Dynax 600si backplate

[Eckhard Stephan <eckhard.stephan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

DACrouch@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 

> I wonder if you could elaborate on the problem you originally had with your
> Minolta 600si?  I have the same camera and have not had a problem with the
> backplate causing any fogging.  Is there any difference between the Dynax
> (British version?) and the Maxxum (U.S. version)?

I'm sorry I don't know if there's any difference between them - I've
never seen a Maxxum myself. The problem I got with my backplate wasn't
really a fogging problem (maybe you got this notion because I used a
somewhat misleading subject header ?). My Dynax 600si has two little
rectangular holes on the upper left side of the backplate. Maybe this is
because Minolta uses the same backplates for their cameras with a date
and time function as for those without (like mine). Now these little
holes don't reflect as much light as the rest of the backplate does.
Therefore they print darker than the surrounding parts of the picture.
This was exactly the problem that was descirbed in the message I
originally answered:

> << Eric Boutilier-Brown wrote:
>  > With the 3, the fogging was far less than with the 2000, but there was an
>  > additional problem; the film back-plate has a small oval cut out of it on
>  > the top right corner, which showed up on the image as a less dense section
>  > (sorry, no sample yet). The 3 was totally useless for HIE, because of this.
>  >
>  Not really. I had the same problem with my Minolta Dynax 600si. I just
>  put some black self-adhesive plastic foil over the backplate. Now I got
>  a pretty good IR camera :-)
> 
>  Cheers,
> 
>  Eckhard
>    >>
> 
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