Re: (Fwd) EOS and IR film

[boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Long)]

On Tue, 08 Oct 1996 20:45:39 +0100, you wrote:

|       First, when composing, assume the lower 1/4 of the image will be
|       blown away, and crop accordingly.  When printing, just don't
|       print that area of the negative.

How satisfactory this proves obviously will depend in part on the
subject matter.

|       Second, go ahead and compose and expose normally, then do some
|       considerable dodging and burning to get rid of the fogged area.
|
|This last one may be a little easier to do than it sounds.  The leader
|area of the film also has the fogging, but no image.  It may be possible

Since you are going to have to burn in the fogged area, you'd first
have to make a film positive from the leader, so that the fogged area
is *clearer* then the upper part of the image area.  This, together
with the other possible sources of image irregularity doesn't leave
much room to doubt the ultimate failure of this approach.

|P.S.  The end result of all this is that I'm either going to get a
|body without the IR sprocket counter, or change all of my IR photography
|over to 4x5.  This is a pain in the rear!

And a pain in the pocketbook.  Getting a spare body for IR sounds far
more economical.  On the other hand, if you're glad to have an excuse
to go to the 4x5 material...


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