Re: Introduction

[boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Long)]

On Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:09:45 +0200, you wrote:

|so-far dismal results. An anticipated infrared project for me is to shoot
|the Civil War reenactors at a nearby historical park.

What a fascinating project!  The uncanny "unreality" of IR could
create some striking results.

Using HIE with a SLR is considerably easier than with a rangefinder
model, however, because of the built-in metering.  You set the film
speed according to the box insert, and the metering will do a fairly
good job of adjusting for the filter factor.  This means, among other
things, that if the sun goes behind a cloud you can switch from a
deep-red to a light-red filter and get an image that makes use of more
visible light.  With a deep red filter, a passing cloud both keeps the
light too low for most practical purposes and, worse, reduces IR even
more than the visible light, making bracketing that much  more
desirable.