While playing with my new Photobackpacker 8x10 holder (awesome, by the way), I noticed something about my Fidelity Elite holders that I never did before. These holders are only a couple of years old, and I don't know if they've been this way since new, or if they've warped.
Looking down at the top edge of the holder where the dark slides go, the plastic frame appears to bow outward on both sides so that if I pinch the center of the top edge of the holder with or without film or darkslides, the frames on each side can be moved inward about 1/8". There is an obvious outward bowing of the upper frame. All six of mine are the same.
If anybody else has these holders, would you let me know if this is normal, or whether I need to worry about light leaks on them. Last time I used my 8x10 was in Jan/Feb this year and I didn't have any issues then, but I was shooting indoors. I haven't had the 8x10 outside since I moved to Indianapolis, and they live is a soft-sided cooler at all times, when shooting or when in the closet here in the house. As far as I know, they've never been subjected to excessive heat.
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