Re: maco ir

["Robert Gary Hall" <gary_hall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've forwarded your comments to Ike at Cachet. If he replies I'll post the response. It would be interesting to know if the film is being mishandled at the factory.

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On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 21:49:56   phil wrote:
>OK , the sun came out, there were some clouds and the clip test is done.
>The every other frame on the first 8 (the whole clip) has a light
>strike, most noticable in the later frames around the sprocket holes.
>After reading earlier posts, I opened my tin can in the dark
>and removed the film cassettes from their canisters and put them into
>KODAK IR canisters. I took an empty  maco film canister and put it over
>a handicam lens in nightshot mode with a 100 watt tungsten bulb right by
>it and could see no light transmission.
>I loaded my film into and out of the camera in the dark. An all metal
>camera with titanium shutter and no ir transport sensors. 
>Yet I still got light leak streaks.
>The film leader tongue is very black. This means that the people at
>Maco put the film cassettes into the canisters in room light.
>So , in order to save yourself some anguish over that ruined
>once in a lifetime shot, I recommend that you either shoot 2 frames
>of everything for the first 8 -10 frames or you cut off the first
>15 inches of each roll (In the dark of course).
>
>phil
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