Re: Camera & Film

["Bill D. Casselberry" <bcasselb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Raymond wrote:

> Oh another question while I'm at it.. I'm told the K-1000 is a GREAT manual
> camera, but for IR film I have to do something to the back of the camera to
> stop a dimpling effect that happens with these cameras. Does anyone know of
> this fix and what can/could be done.

	Yes, it's a fine all manual camera w/in its design parameters.
	You can just cut a piece of the matte black backing paper from
	some 120 roll film and use scotch tape to stretch it across the
	pressure plate on the back. The trick is to not have it too loose, 
	nor so snug as to fully compress the pressure plate - somewhere
	"snug", yet still allowing for normal plate compression when the
	back is closed.

	I have just erred to the safe side, but there are those who find
	dimpled pressure plates to not be a problem w/ HIE. I suspect that
	any deliterious effect would become more apparent using opaque to
	normal light filters than just a regular red #25


	Bill
 
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