Re: Filters with Konica... need suggestions!

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

On  5 Aug 99 at 16:14, 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?  

Haze shouldn't appear....even without filter, Konica should do a 
decent job in the contrast-department. #25 is a good start, #89B a 
good compromise between speed and IR-effect.

> 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!  

That depends on your patience....if you can handle 1ASA (tripod!), then it 
might work for you. But not if you are looking for HIE-effects in 
respect to the famous halo's and grain.

> Anyone know how to get better images?  Should it be better if I took them all 
> at sunrise or sundown?  

It's the burden of photography that the best shots are taken at 
sunrise....sunset has already a lesser contrast by all the dust and 
moisture in the air (the reason why sunsets are more red than sunrise 
in the first place). 
Also note that the *relative* amount of IR is larger early in the 
morning or late in the afternoon, compared to high-noon. 

> I only ask because I can get outdated Konica for 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!   ;-)

Better broke with a few great shots than rich with many dull ones!....;-))


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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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