Re: Bio and first stab at HIE

["Nelson Enochs" <syrinx2112ad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

George/Kevan/and whomever,

My advice was only intended to give Kevan a place to start from so that he 
can get at least one good roll with minimal effort and technical tinkering.  
This mailing list is good and all, but I find most of the topics can be 
excessively technical at times.  George is right because the method that I 
suggested does limit the photographer as far as situations are concerned 
because it is basically a rule of thumb for a "bright/sunny day".  However, 
if someone who is an amateur photographer and wants to get started with 
infrared photography, that is my best advice.  Sure, there are many things 
to explore with this medium as far as metering, focusing, developing, and 
printing are concerned, but if you want to skip the technical stuff first 
and get your feet wet, then just set the camera at 125/f16 on a sunny day 
and get after it.

Nelson


>From: George L Smyth <glsmyth@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: infrared@xxxxx
>To: infrared@xxxxx
>Subject: Re: Bio and first stab at HIE
>Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:00:31 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>--- Nelson Enochs <syrinx2112ad@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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.
>
>I'll disagree here.  I've metered HIE (and HSI) through a #25 filter at EI 
>250
>for a great many years with excellent success (obviously, "success" is an
>opinion, but I mean to imply that the negatives are easily printable).  I 
>speed
>the film up as the summer goes on and slow it down during winter (generally
>speaking).
>
>Each meter will react differently to the presence of infrared radiation, as 
>it
>is not calibrated for such.  Learning how to use the value returned by your
>meter in these situations can make things very easy -- and all it takes is 
>a
>bit of testing.
>
>Going with Kodak's suggestions does work, but then you are confined to a
>specific set of circumstances.  I've found that testing and experience make
>things very straightforward -- to the extent that I very seldom bracket and 
>am
>very seldom surprised after developing the negatives.
>
>Cheers -
>
>george
>
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