Re: thoroughly confused now

[boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Long)]

On Sat, 26 Apr 1997 18:28:12 +0100 (WET DST), Bill Agee wrote:

|all for infrared is perfect.  Twelve years of shooting infrared
|conveniences me that one exposure will not work.  Infrared is not that
|forgiving a film.

And forty years of shooting IR convinces me that you're right about
one exposure not fitting all situations but dead wrong if you think
that White is advocating shooting everything the same way.  What she
says, as Karen clearly stated, was that runing a test roll this way
will give you a consistent benchmark against which to judge how you
should be exposing for various situations.

Others in this group have followed White's advice and evidently found
it rewarding.  (I haven't tried it.)  But just as there are many
developers one can use with HIE, and a change in developer may imply a
change in printing technique or effective speed rating, so there are
many ways to come to grips with the peculiarities of the HIE medium
and each may imply a difference of approach.  White has one.  You have
one.  You're both right to the extent that either method my prove
effective if it corresponds well with the way a particular
photographer approaches the craft.

Bob Long
(boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx)

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