Re: Rangefinder Article

[George L Smyth <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

IStudioIR@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Isn't it amazing..."infrared-like" :-)  Reminds me of the old Xerox
> commercial...remember the huckster says to the prospective customer: "It's
> just as good as a Xerox!"  That's what can be said of both Konica and Ilford
> when it comes to their valiant attempts at mimicking HIE.  There is no match,
> SORRY!
> 
> Infrared Photography by its very name implies capturing light that exists in
> that part of the near-infrared spectrum which the film designed for it can
> detect and that the human eye cannot.  The combination of HIE or HSI and an
> 87C or similiar opaque filter is the purist's way to capture the true beauty
> that exists in the world of infrared light.
> 
> Anything else is a compromise...Comments?  Regards, Mike

That being so, why do you think that Konica's film is a compromise?  It
is a true infrared film.  As for it not being a match, I say "Thanks!"
as this gives me two infrared films with differing characteristics with
which to work.  They Konica and Kodak both make great infrared films.

george

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