Re: Advice/bio

[Colin McKie <colinmckie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jessie Harris wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm a student photographer who has been happily shooting pictures with her
> K1000 until she heard that she may not be able to use infrared with
> it.  Since I'd rather not tempt fate, and since I wanted a new camera to
> bring me into the 21st century anyway, I started to look for a new 35mm
> camera.  I think I have it narrowed down to either a Nikon F100 or an
> N90S, but its still pretty up in the air.  If anyone has any
> warnings/praises about the two mentioned cameras, or has any other advice
> for me, please let me know.
> 
Hi Jessie,

The only problem you may have with a K1000 is in seeing an image of the
dimpled pressure plate on your film, reported by some users although I
have never seen it on our Pentax MX or Cosina CT-1. The easy fix for
that is to cut a piece of 120 film backing paper to match the pressure
plate and fix it with thin double-sided tape (black side out). If you do
this you could dedicate the K1000 to IR and get a state of the art
machine for other film. And why a Nikon? Go for a Pentax MZ-5n or even a
Z-1p and you can share lenses.

Good luck with the IR anyway,

Colin 

http://www.foggy-peak.co.nz/photo/
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