Re: Shooting HIE at ASA 800 or 1600?

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On  8 Jun 99 at 15:40, George L Smyth wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Henry Wagner wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > So far I've been shooting all my Kodak HIE at ASA 200, 1/125th, metered
> > through a red filter. Generally in good outdoor light. Now I'd like to
> > experiment with infrared indoors, at concerts. One of my hobbies is
> > shooting concert photos (when I can get close to the stage). In the past
> > I've used my Minolta with a 58mm f1.4 lens, with either 800 or 1600 speed
> > film. Has anyone tried this type of photography in infrared? Is there
> > enough infrared light produced from the stage lighting to make interesting
> > IR photos? Can HIE be pushed that fast?
> > 
> > Any suggestions on what to tell the lab when getting it developed?
> 
> The type of lighting will be very important here, so you'll probably need
> to do some experimentation.  I've shot HIE between EI 50 and 1000 without
> a problem.  However, I would recommend developingthe film yourself, unless
> your lab allows you to specify developer and details.  Around here, most
> labs use TMax developer for ALL B&W processing, which is (IMHO) not the
> proper developer for HIE.  Doing it yourself gives you complete control,
> and you don't even need a darkroom.

Since XTOL was released, a lot of machinery can do that as well.
That's how my lab does it....
The only problem is that they don't have a run-through machine, only 
dip&dunk is possible, maximum film length is '220'. 

Never tried pushing HIE though....you might try the reversal route, 
HIE slide, see details on my homepage:

http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mainpage.htm


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Willem-Jan Markerink


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