Re: red bellows

[George L Smyth <glsmyth@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- rod sage <rsage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just came across a bellows on ebay with this quote:
> "This is an infrared bellows made for me by Ron Wisner about six years
> ago after I discovered the hard way that his beautiful red kid leather
> bellows do not stop infrared fogging. "
> The bellows for sale was black.
> It this a concern with all red bellows. The reason I ask is that I just
> purchased a Graflex Century Graphic with red bellows and was planning to
> use some Konica 750 120 in a roll film holder on it. Will this be a
> mistake? How about if I remove the dark-slide just before and replace
> just after taking the picture?

You should be just fine with the setup.

> What about IR film in cameras with a red film counter window?

No, this is a non-issue.

Cheers -

george

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