Question: How to fool the ISO on the DX camera ?

[raytoei@gmail.com]

Hi,

I am waiting for my P&S camera to arrive.

Having used a C3 previously, I know that the modern P&S cameras come with auto dectection of the film ISO.

I looked at 3 films briefly this morning, the DX coding seem to be the Black on Silver markings and not the Bar-code that I had previously thought.

Googling I came across this labelling company and this wikipedia.

My question is this: How can I fool the camera to think that it is a 1600 ISO film instead of a 400 ISO Tri-x film ?

The 400 ISO marking is BBSSB (B = black, S=Silver) while the 1600 ISO marking is BSSSB, has anyone tried the method of sticking in a aluminium foil to the caninster to cover the 2nd "B" of the 400 ISO ?

(Anyone tried Silver Paint Markers ?)


thanks!



raytoei

 

[Dwig]

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The 400 ISO marking is BBSSB (B = black, S=Silver) while the 1600 ISO marking is BSSSB, has anyone tried the method of sticking in a aluminium foil to the caninster to cover the 2nd "B" of the 400 ISO ? ...

Use very fine sandpaper or one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Excelta-Scrat...ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1273022955&sr=8-3

to remove the paint in the second square. You could also scratch it off with a pen knife.

 

[Colin Corneau]

Your camera has exposure compensation dials -- set them to -2.

Simple.

 

[Todd.Hanz]

heres a cool tutorial by one of my favs: http://www.markushartel.com/tutorials/camera-related/trick-the-dx-sensor.html

Todd

 

[f16sunshine]

I've used the stickers you can buy for self rolled cartridges. Never failed in the few times I needed them.

 

[raytoei@gmail.com]

thanks everybody, the excellent link provided me the impulse to scratch one tiny square and magically transform my trix-400 into a 1600 creature. (Of course, I still have to develop it as a 1600 iso).

raytoei