Re:SFX with IR filter

[Gary Beasley <beasleyglb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 13:43:38 -0500
>From: Russ Rosener <rrosener@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: SFX with IR filter
>
>Peter Badcock wrote:
>> 
>> The 89B is equivalent to the Hoya R72, this being the lowest cut-off
frequency
>> filter useable with SFX.  Be prepared for LONG exposure times.  Although I
>> haven't used this filter with SFX myself I've heard that even in bright
daylight
>> hand holding is just not an option.
>> 
>> regards
>> Peter
>>
>
>That's not necessarily true. I've shot SFX 200 with a Hoya R 72 in
>Bright sunlight and hand held it. I ended up using about 1/60 and f/2 on
>my Nikon 28mm...so it's possible, but focuing is another matter!
>Some people can see through the R72, but I rarely can. I focus without
>the filter and then hold it up or screw it onto the lens. If I don't
>move too much I get about what i saw in the viewfinder. Nevertheless
>It's rather un-nerving not to know what you are photographing!
>
>Russ Rosener
>*
>
Heh! Thats why I like to use a twin lens camera for such things. As well as
the bigger negative I can see to focus and compose perfectly. I've never
had to make focus corrections for my Mamiya 65mm lens, anybody have
experiences with that and an R72 filter?
Gary Beasley
http://beasleyglb.home.mindspring.com/

*
****
*******
******************************************************
*  To remove yourself from this list, send:          *
*         UNSUBSCRIBE INFRARED                       *
*       to                                           *
*         MAJORDOMO@xxxxx                            *
*----------------------------------------------------*
*   For the IR-FAQ, IR-Gallery and heaps of links:   *
*  http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mainpage.htm  *
******************************************************