New member - Konica HEXAR info

[Doug Thompson <bugjism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

- Name: Doug Thompson

- State, Country: California, USA

- Personal history of photography: I started taking pictures about 15 years
ago, but started seriously (new Nikon FM2, lenses, Konica HEXAR) about 7
months ago.  IR film was the main reason that I decided to begin to really
get into photography, and I haven't been disappointed.  Great film!

- Preferred subjects: Feeling of place, discarded objects and empty places,
general industrial decay, architecture, tourists and tourist spots.

- Film: Exclusively B&W: Kodak HIE, T400CN, TMax; Ilford XP2, FP4 Plus, HP5
Plus.  I don't do my own developing or printing yet, sadly.

- Format: 35mm-- Nikon FM2, Konica HEXAR

- Other strange hobbies: Psychoanalytic film studies (Zizek, Lacan, Freud)

- How did you find out about this list: Web surfing.  No web page yet, but
soon.

- Expand on anything photographic you like: I shoot all my HIE with a
Konica HEXAR.  It seems that not many people realize that the HEXAR
autofocuses for infrared film.  It has setting for either Konica or Kodak
film.  It is a rangefinder with a 35mm fixed lens, Auto, Aperature
Priority, and Manual exposure modes, and an OTL metering system.  I love
this camera because I can shoot with an 87C filter (rangefinder) with the
ease of a point and shoot, with the manual overrides for tricky lighting.
The lens is great and the results are fantastic.  I built a device which
places an 87C gel filter over the OTL meter, and get nearly perfect
exposures WITHOUT BRACKETING!  I rate the film at 6400 with the filter to
get very contrasty pics and down to 3200 to get more even grey tones.

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