IR metering

[Theo Benson <TBenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting comments, Willem. Since you mention shooting HIE at ASA 12, I'm
curious if you or anyone else has experimented with metering using the Nikon
N90s internal (TTL) meter, or using a Pentax spot meter?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Willem-Jan Markerink [SMTP:w.j.markerink@xxxxx]
> Sent:	Monday, August 03, 1998 3:54 PM
> To:	infrared@xxxxx
> Subject:	RE: Kodak HIE film in a 120 format?
> 
> On  3 Aug 98 at 8:45, Theo Benson wrote:
> 
> > > The fact that the film is useless to YOU has no bearing on
> > > whether or not it is an infrared film.
> > 	[Theo Benson]  Well, if I'm trying to capture light beyond 800 with
> > good sensitivity, it does.
> 
> The Wood-effect starts at 695nm, so it is less a matter of capturing 
> light at 800nm that wasn't there in the first place, but a matter of 
> blocking unwanted visible. And visible ends at 780nm, while you are not 
> able to look through a #87 at daylight intensities.
> With HIE & #87C at 12 ASA, I don't see much difference in 2 ASA for
> Konica & #87. That's lousy two-and-a-half extra stops....go one or
> two steps up, #87B or #87A, and you might be slower off than with
> Konica. 
> 
> With this line of reasoning, one couldn't even call Ilford or Agfa
> extended-red films.
> 
> This is art guys, not sports photography! 
> A tripod, not a monopod!....:-))
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bye,
> 
> Willem-Jan Markerink
> 
> 
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