EOS Re: Do Canon IS lenses have problems with Infrared film?

[Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video]

At 11:49 PM 02/21/2001, you wrote:
>However, I did notice while the -1V literature does say the film transport
>is "compatiable with IR film", the -3 literature doesn't, and we have all
>heard of (slight) fogging of the edge of IR films in -3.  Off hand I do not
>know what difference the film sprocket hole counting mechanism between the
>two bodies are, I had thought they were the same......

According to our Canon tech rep, the 1v has a mask or "lens hood" on the 
body's IR port which narrows the beam more than on the 3.

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regards,
Henry Posner
Director of Sales and Training
B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio Inc.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com

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