Re: Bio and first stab at HIE

["Nelson Enochs" <syrinx2112ad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevan,

Hey, welcome to the mailing list.  I don't usually put my two cents in, but 
I'm making an exception in this case.  The only thing I know is that you 
should probably forget about trying to meter through your lens.  You should 
also forget about trying to rate the film.  Since you are new at this, take 
this advice because it always works for me.  If you are shooting with Kodak 
HIE, then wait for a bright sunny day and set your camera at 125/f16.  I 
also use a Cokin 003 and a red 25.  You can flip flop between f16 and f11.  
If it's a bright day, f8 will overexpose your film every time.  F22 is also 
usually too small.  Shoot a whole roll this way and see what you get.  Also, 
the little holes you are seeing are probably not from air bubbles.  It's 
probably the emulsion.  You'll need to ask someone else about that though.  
Good luck.

Nelson


>From: "Brewer, Kevan" <kevan.brewer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: infrared@xxxxx
>To: "'INFRARED@xxxxx'" <INFRARED@xxxxx>
>Subject: Bio and first stab at HIE
>Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 10:51:37 +0100
>
>Hi all,
>
>I've been lurking on the list for a few weeks now and since I've just
>developed my first roll of Kodak HIE, I feel I qualify to make a 
>contribution!
>
>Firstly let me describe my experience with the HIE. I set the ISO to 400 
>and
>exposed all the shots with either a Cokin 003 red filter (equivalent to
>Wratten 25 I believe?) or an Ilford SFX gelatin filter. The SFX filter is
>pretty much opaque but you can just see through it if held up to a bright
>light (not a good idea to hold it up to the sun!) I've not found the 
>spectral
>response but I assume it would be similar to a Wratten 89?
>
>Anyway, I metered using the camera's meter (EOS 10) through the filter in 
>each
>case and I generally bracketed, exposing at -1 0 and +1 stops. All the 
>shots
>were taken over the course of three sunny days; some in the morning, around
>8am, most mid afternoon, 3pm-5pm and a couple about half an hour before 
>sunset.
>
>
>The subjects I chose were landscapes taken in and around the New Forest 
>near
>Southampton and, apart from one beach scene (mudflats not sand), they were 
>all
>either in the woods, on the edge of woods or on heathland.
>
>Now for the bad news, all the shots were over-exposed to some extent. Some 
>1-2
>stops and some a lot more - the exposure has bled into the sprocket holes 
>and
>the adjacent shots and you can't really see any detail, even with a bright
>light source. The ones taken with the Cokin 003 (red) are less over-exposed
>which suggests that my meter is not very accurate at metering infra-red. 
>I've
>probably got a couple of shots which may print but I'm not expecting 
>anything
>outstanding.
>
>I'm not too disappointed since it was always going to be a learning 
>excercise.
>Next time I think I'll set the ISO to 1600 and bracket again, giving shots
>with the SFX filter a stop less exposure.
>
>I'd appreciate any comments.
>
>One more thing, examining the negs against a bright light source I noticed
>tiny 'holes' in the emulsion. I seem to remember reading about these. I
>pre-soaked the film in water for 5 minutes and developed in stock ID-11 
>with
>the recommended agitation: 10s every minute, giving the tank a couple of 
>sharp
>bangs each time to dislodge any air bubbles clinging to the film. Any 
>ideas?
>
>Here's my biography.
>
>- Name: Kevan Brewer
>
>- Profession/Study: Software Engineer
>
>- Country: England
>
>- Personal history of photography: On and off for 15 years or so but mostly
>during the last 3-4 years
>
>- Preferred subjects: Landscapes, macro, nature
>
>- Materials (film, filters, paper, chemistry): Colour slide (just tried 
>Fuji
>Provia 100F which I was very pleased with), monochrome (Ilford FP4, Delta 
>400,
>SFX - I like to try different films). Paper - Ilford MG, Kentmere Kentona).
>
>- Format (35mm/medium format/large format): 35mm Canon EOS 10 & 5. 
>28-105mm,
>75-300mm, 400mm lenses.
>
>- Other strange hobbies: Cricket (I suppose that's strange unless you're 
>from
>a cricket-playing country!), fishing ('...a worm at one end and a fool at 
>the
>other' ;-)
>
>- How did you find out about this list: via WJs Photo Homepage I think.
>
>- In case you already have your own IR-Gallery on the web, please
>state the URL/address: (I will then also add your site to the overview of
>IR-Galleries on my homepage!....think of the fame you can get....:-))
>
>Watch this space :-)
>
>- Expand on anything photographic you like:
>
>Can't think of anything just now but I think my post is long enough 
>already!
>
>Regards,
>
>Kevan
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