Re: Kodak HIE in Rodinal & Konica with 87 filter?

[George L Smyth <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

Michael Hardwick wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any dev numbers for HIE in Rodinal?  I usually use D76 &
> wonder what Rodinal will do in terms of speed.  What happens to the size of
> grain & general sharpness.  Any opinions would be appreciated.

If you insist upon using Rodinal, you can try 1+75 dilution 70F 7
minutes for EI 250 metered through a #25 filter.  You will get grain the
size of Jupiter.

> Also, before I go out & waste a roll of Konica IR750, has anyone tried
> using a Wratten 87 filter with the Konica?  So far the IR effect of the
> Konica film does not strike me as interesting as Kodak's using a 25A filter
> so I thought I would try eliminating all the visible part of the spectrum.
> But as Konica is not as sensitive as HIE, I wonder what the film will see
> with an 87.

It isn't going to get as striking as HIE.  I've used a Hoya R72 filter
(cuts at 720nm) with this film and it works very nicely.

george

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