Re: Short Bio as requested!

["Des Crawley" <d.crawley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Welcome. loved Cambridge.

Des

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> From: Ian D Wilson <idw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: infrared@xxxxx
> Subject: Short Bio as requested!
> Date: Monday, 16 March 1998 21:33
> 
> - Name:
> 
> Ian Wilson.
> 
> - Profession/Study:
> 
> Systems Software Engineer.
> 
> - Country:
> 
> Cambridge, England.
> 
> - Personal history of photography: 
> 
> Started with Praktica MTL3 in 1978.  Rather rapidly moved on to a Canon
> A-1 in 1979 (!), and have stayed with Canon FD (manual focus) ever
> since.  In the meantime, I have acquired a second A-1 body and a T90 (my
> favourite); I have also collected a comprehensive set of lenses over the
> same period.  I discovered dark-room work while I was a student in the
> late '70s, and bought an enlarger (a Philips PCS2000 with EL-Nikkor
> lenses) as soon as I had a house of my own to use it.  I concentrated
> almost exculsively in Black & White "snapshot" photography until 3 years
> ago when I joined a local Camera Club.  Since then, I have discovered
> the joys of making big prints (12" x 16" is my default size now), and
> also the ease of making colour hand-prints using a NOVA deep tank. 
> Infra-red photography is something I am just starting, and it is because
> I want to learn that I have joined this forum.  Another recent interest
> is medium-format photography, and I have recently bought a Mamiya C220.
> 
> - Preferred subjects:
> 
> General pictorial; animals and plants; candid portraiture (especially my
> children); close-up and macro; landscape; industrial and architectural. 
> Most things apart from glamour, in fact!
> 
> - Materials (film, filters, paper, chemistry):
> 
> Black & White: Ilford Delta 100 and Delta 400 (often pushed to 1600),
> developed in Ilfotec LC-29; printed on Ilford Multigrade-IV RC or
> Jessop's VC RC using Ilford Multigrade developer.  Colour Print: Fuji
> Reala (a superb film) and SG-400, trade developed (the only thing I
> don't do myself); printed on Fuju Super-FA paper using Tetenal
> Professional-PK RA4 chemistry.  Colour Slide: Fuji Sensia 100 and 400;
> tried Velvia, but can't seem to get on with it!  Infra-Red: tried Ilford
> SFX-200, but wasn't too impressed; moved onto Kodak HIE - more
> impressive, but I am still finding my feet; development and printing as
> with B&W abve.  My IR filter is a Hoya R72; all others are Cokin "P"
> series (of which I have a collection of about 15) which are capable of
> being used on all of my lenses.
> 
> - Format (35mm/medium format/large format): 
> 
> 35mm (Canon FD); medium format (Mamiya C220).
> 
> - Other strange hobbies:
> 
> What can you mean?
> 
> - How did you find out about this list:
> 
> By searching for IR information on the WWW, there are many pointers to
> the FAQ.  From there, it was a short step to the mailing list.
> 
> - In case you already have your own IR-Gallery on the web, please 
> state the URL/address: (I will then also add your site to the overview
> of IR-Galleries on my homepage!....think of the fame you can get....:-))
> 
> One day...  I'd like an A3 scanner so that I can continue to print at
> 12x16, however, and I can't afford it at the moment!
> 
> - Expand on anything photographic you like:
> 
> Probably all said above.  Infra red appeals to me, partly because of the
> stunning effects which can be achieved, but also because of the
> unpredictability of the medium.  It seems to me an area which "gut feel"
> and experience count for much more than other branches of the hobby. 
> For this reason, I'm particularly interested to find out how other
> people get on, and to learn from their successes/mistakes.
> 
> 
> -- Ian.
> 
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> Dr Ian D. Wilson         |  Email:  iwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Principal Engineer       |  WWW:    http://www.telemedia.co.uk
> Telemedia Systems Ltd.   |  Tel:    +44 (0) 1223-477000
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> Cambridge CB3 0RN        |  Fax:    +44 (0) 1223-506282
> England                  |  Mobile:         0467-473594
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