Re: Colour IR, some starting guidelines please..

[Robert M Howells <Robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 28 Mar 1997 17:33:45 GMT, you wrote:

>On Fri, 28 Mar 1997 10:52:23 GMT, Robert M Howells wrote:
>
>|Is colour ir available in colour print and slide emulsions?
>
>As far as I know (and keeping open the possibility that Rich may know
>a lot more than I do), the only color infrared emulsion available is
>Kodak's EIR (Ektachrome InfraRed), which is a slide film.  If you
>haven't tried it, hold off until you can get the new version that can
>be processed in E-6 chemistry.  (Present stocks require the obsolete
>E-4 process, which can be a major bother and a major expense.)

Thanks for your reply. The next question is when is the E-6 compatible
EIR available? I heard that it's imminent, is that right?=20

The other thing is, processing can be done in an ordinary off the
shelf E-6 processing kit right?

Thanks again to Rich, Joe, Robert L,  Willem, george for helping me
out on this one (sounds like the oscars :-))


thanks

robert h



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