I have a recurring problem that I think I've finally narrowed down as to its cause, but I was wondering if anybody has any suggestions to correct it. Basically, I'm getting what appears to be a light reflection on just about every piece of film.
I'm using a Zone VI 8x10 camera and various types of holders from Fidelity and Lisco that range in age from old to older. The anomaly I'm observing is on the film at the dark slide edge as well as the opposite edge where the flap of the film holder is.
After investigating this for quite some time, I've discovered that the sparse edges of the film holder that are still exposed within the camera body are reflecting light onto the film. I noticed this when I shined a flashlight into the bellows from the lensboard end of the camera and saw a reflection of the film holder's edge onto the film plane of the holder that was in place. It looked exactly like the anomaly that is present on my film.
I've included a couple examples of what I'm talking about. These are 100% crops from 2000dpi drum scans of 8x10 transparencies.
Does anybody have any solutions to this? Can I dull up the edges in anyway thereby reducing the reflections? Are any others experiencing this anomaly? Could other 8x10 cameras eliminate this problem or is this simply a problem with my film holders being too shiny? Any information or advice would be greatly appreciated?
Thank you.
Mike
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