Re: Kodak HIE and Xtol?

[Jaap Los <losjb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sun Demon wrote:
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> Has anibody tried it yet?
>     Gae
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Attention Demon Sun
Hi Gae,

Yes, I tried Hie in XTOL 1+1. Developed op till now 16 films after a
considerable period of testing and trying. I could say, Im now on the
right track. My negatives are of excellent quality. My main concern now
is to find interesting subjects for IR- photography.

Im using my old Nikkormat EL camera together with some 6 various Nikkor
fixed focal lenses. Moreover I have two filters for IR: B+W092 (=Kodak
89B) and a Cokin 003 red filter (is this equal to Kodak 25 filter??). I
have discovered, that both filters produce an excellent IR effect. I
cannot see any difference in my negatives between these two filters. (Is
there any experience of this by other list members? ) Therefore I have
decided to use the Cokin filter. The advantage is, that I can look
through the viewfinder of my reflexcamera. I give you all this
information, because you cannot see this to be separate from the process
of development of HIE.

With the Cokin 003 red filter on I set the meter of the camera at 800
ASA (so I measure through this filter!).  With the B+W092 filter I set
the meter at 200ASA. However in this case I measure without the filter,
I compose the picture and put the filter on before the exposure. I found
out, that these procedures give me the results I want!

Now the developing. In XTOL 1+1 at 20 C. Agitation  first 30 seconds and
afterwards every 30 seconds 5 seconds agitation. (= Kodak type
agitation). Developing time is 8,75 minutes. Stopbath, fixing and
rinsing as usual. Avoid big temperature changes. I get beautiful
negatives, not too dense. Its remarkable, that grain is very limited.
Its no problem at all! I always make 3 exposures (bracketing). Most of
the time the +1 exposure is a bit dense. The standard exposure is good
and sometimes the -1 exposure can also be used. In open landscape I
expose appr. 1/125 at F11/16

I develop in a Patterson black plastic tank. Its opaque for IR, no
problem therefore when the electric light is on. XTOL is a wonderfull
developer. I also use it with succes for my other BW films
(TMAX100/400).  Its easy to work with and the grain keeps fine. In my
opinion XTOL is the best at this moment! 

Hope you can go on now. Please let me learn from your experiences! 
Success!!

Greetings,

Jaap Los
Holland.
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