Re: Filters with Konica... need suggestions!

[Bertha Adamson <badamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Luvdove6@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> I've been using a red 25 filter with Konica... I don't think the results are
> as sharp as I wanted... and there's a lot of  haze!  I figure I needed a
> lighter filter but then there won't be the sharp black/white contrast right?
> But with a darker filter wouldn't there  be more haze?  See... I'm a little
> lost  ;-)  I have an 87 filter but I know it doesn't work with Konica very
> well like it does with Kodak!
> Anyone know how to get better images?  Should it be better if I took them all
> at sunrise or sundown?  I only ask because I can get outdated Konica for
> about 2 dollars a roll and I've been using Kodak because I wasn't happy with
> the outcome of the Konica film!  I'd like to make my new hobby more
> affordable since I'm a broke college student!   ;-)
> 
> ~Holly~
> *

Hi, Holly

I am a little surprised to hear you are getting haze in your images - it
should be the other way around.  In fact, I just shot one of those outdated
rolls in June using a #25 filter.  It was one of my business trips and I took
some shots from the airplane as we flew over the Rockies and the Grand Canyon
area.  I just have contact sheets so far, but the shots do seem to have less
haze than I remember seeing myself.

Could the haze actually be a lack of sharpness?  One of the drawbacks to the
Konica is that it is so SLOW.  If you want to use a small aperture to cover
depth-of-field and the slightly different focus of IR, you get shutter speeds
around 1/8 or 1/15 sec. If you use faster shutter speeds and larger apertures,
your range of focus could be small.  (That is why my aerial shots are
underexposed - I had to compromise on speed and aperture.) The much faster
Kodak HIE lets you use f/16 or f/22 at handholdable speeds.  If you think this
could be a cause try again using a tripod or some other steady support and go
for f/16 or more.

Then, of course, there is the possibility that the filter needs cleaning,
unless you use it with the Kodak with no problem.

Bertha

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