Workable HIE Speeds

[danzig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

hullo mates ! ;)


Gotta ask you all something. I currently reside in the Equator in a 
place called Singapore. So it's really bloody sunny here all the 
time. And the Sun's rays come to us direct rather than being 
deflected by the atmosphere like in places North & South of us.

What I need to ask is, what max workable speed has anyone 
ehere ever had with HIE ?

I'd like to work handheld, and have tried a Hoya #25 on a camera 
set to ISO 200 (as kodak recommends)

As you can guess, the exposure times I get are hardly friendly for 
shooting with smaller apertures(f 11/16).

I was wondering if anyone has ever shot HIE at 800 (or faster) and 
know if the results were good ?

Also, I intend to do free form portrait work with it. Which means I'd 
like to use the AF on my F90X. So I prolly won't be finding the 
focus and than adjusting for the shift for IR, which takes too long.

I basically want to work fast


So I gotta ask, does the method of shooting HIE on AF mode with 
say, small apertures like f 11 / 16 , produce pictures sufficiently in 
focus without having to manually focus the lens + compensating for 
the shift in IR?


Thanks :)

P.S. Is the 50mm/f1.8 Nikkor AF a good lens with HIE ?
    
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