RE: Kodak HIE and #87C

["George L Smyth" <glsmyth@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-infrared@xxxxx [mailto:owner-infrared@xxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Tolga Yayalar
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 4:59 PM
> To: INFRARED@xxxxx
> Subject: Kodak HIE and #87C
>
> Hi everybody,
> I've been using #25 filter quiet while but recently I purchased
> kodak's 87C filter. I've just developed my first roll, I was shocked with
the
> results. I had shot the roll on a sunny day with some clouds. In some
shots
> I also used #25 filter  just to be able to compare later. The ones that I
> shot with 87C are almost completely black, I can see the image but they
are so
> dense that edges of the film is effected too. But the ones that I shot
with #25 are
> just as I expected. I used 400iso when #25 is atteched to the lens and 12
> iso with the #87C.

When using an opaque filter, I meter through a #25 filter.  Then I add the
appropriate number of stops, switch to the opaque filter, and shoot.

Your meter, though it will read infrared radiation, is not calibrated for
it, so metering through an opaque filter will give you unpredictable
results.

george

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