Re: (Fwd) EOS and IR film

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 18 Oct 96 at 20:19, Tom Benedict wrote:

> I used an A2.  I think the only EOS that doesn't use the IR sprocket
> counter is the 1N (and 1N/RS?) 

Yeah, I knew which ones do the Bad Think (tm), but I didn't know 
the specific model you used. 
The 1n RS is safe too indeed.

> So in effect I'm up a very large
> creek without a paddle, and the nearest paddle costs more than twice
> as much as my A2. ;)  

If you only look at new bodies, yes.
You'll find a nice overview of all EOS cameras (past and present, 
regrettably no future) on my homepage; and while you're there, also 
check the latest addition, related to energy consumption of EOS 
bodies while in bulb mode. Why the 50/ElanII is better than the 5/A2, 
and the 620 better than the 1. Sparkling data!
To reel this thread right back in: anyone much experience with night 
time use/long exposure with HIE/IE?

(odd note popping up in my mind, triggered by long exposures: grey
and gradual grey filters do diddly squat in IR. A close match with 
polarizers, which are also rather useless beyond 800nm)


> So now the question is whether I hold out and
> get a 1N body to complement my A2, or whether I try to find a nice
> Nikon F or F2 and start a whole NEW collection of lenses.

C....oops, almost started a flame....8-))
 
> More realistically, I start doing 4x5 IR, and use that as an excuse
> to buy more lenses for my non-EOS camera. ;)

I scare away from that, because I'll know it will end up in my 
PhotoTrekker while skiing, and I don't know the meaning of or/or.
Think I need a snow caddy....8-))
 
> Tom
> 
> P.S.  I'll be scanning some stuff on a flatbed scanner this weekend,
> so hopefully I'll have negatives, a contact print, and an example of
> a heavily burned print of the film I ran through my A2.  With any
> luck, it should be in Cor's hands by Monday.

I think Cor is still in the center of Teutonica, with a not so
grundliche/punktliche connection, so I don't know if he can perform
all these Good Things (tm). 
Don't rally your family for an evening of Dad's pictures on the 
Net too soon....<grin>

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