The piece of plastic you saw was likely the light seal foil which is meant to prevent light leaks from the chimney to the magazine. I had it fall out on my 203FE just as I began shooting my project of the ICTY in The Hague. Hasselblad in Gothenburg repaired it easily enough.
Interesting concept: returning to shooting on film. I cut my teeth in that medium since I was 14 and somehow survived and thrived in photojournalism and commercial photography since the '70s. But the wait for the film to develop (usually in my own darkroom tank) was nerve-wracking. Especially E-6! Feel so blessed to be able to shoot in RAW and make the usually required edits. See some of my work (both film and digital) at www.thehumanpulse.com
Thanks for sharing John! I totally understand going the safer route of digital, and I shoot both analog and digital with lots of love, but I am also happy to report film is making a big come back in the age categories that are too young to have been around for the original film era! I checked out your website, beautiful work, and what a great adventure all that work with the state department too!
The piece of plastic you saw was likely the light seal foil which is meant to prevent light leaks from the chimney to the magazine. I had it fall out on my 203FE just as I began shooting my project of the ICTY in The Hague. Hasselblad in Gothenburg repaired it easily enough.
yes that's exactly what it was, a small bit of it. i removed it and somehow it's not caused any issues.
Interesting concept: returning to shooting on film. I cut my teeth in that medium since I was 14 and somehow survived and thrived in photojournalism and commercial photography since the '70s. But the wait for the film to develop (usually in my own darkroom tank) was nerve-wracking. Especially E-6! Feel so blessed to be able to shoot in RAW and make the usually required edits. See some of my work (both film and digital) at www.thehumanpulse.com
Thanks for sharing John! I totally understand going the safer route of digital, and I shoot both analog and digital with lots of love, but I am also happy to report film is making a big come back in the age categories that are too young to have been around for the original film era! I checked out your website, beautiful work, and what a great adventure all that work with the state department too!