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
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