Re: Re: Buying Konica 120

[olaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Olaf Kaluza)]

Hi, to everyone

I am lurking now for a few weeks, but now it is time to wrote
something. I am very new to infrared fotografie and I started with it
because I got my hand on a big amount of seasoned Konica IR (Feb 97)
I bought this film from a little photostore for 1DM ($0.50 ?). I am
quite shure that they have never seen an fridge.

>and distributors.  It is released in January/February and has a expire date of Feb
>the following year.  After 8 months, even if kept frozed it is showing a substantial
>amount of fog. By 12 months enough silver has been lost to fog so that the maximum
>gamma can no longer be acheived, and you are wasting your time shooting it. 

I can't agree with this. I have now done three films, one to metering
the film with my camera (Ricoh XRX with peace of slide as ir-filter
and found 32ASA -1.7B is good), and two for proper work. I can't
detect any problem with this. I have done 30x40cm pictures from the
negative and they look fine.

The only problem I detect, the area from black to white on the
negative is very very big. (to much contrast?) I have to use very
soft paper and it looks hard too. Perhaps I have to play with other
developer (using Calbe A03 and bathe the film like Agfa APX25)

Now more than thirty old films are waiting in my fridge for better
weather.

Olaf

p.s: Aehh..hat zufaellig jemand eine Vokabelliste Deutsch-English fuer
die wichtigsten Fotobegriffe rumliegen und kann mir die mal
zuschicken?

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