Re: Re:Critique on infrared article and more questions

[Ben Kreunen <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Not really sarcastic but I thought it would be a good idea to mention this as
>nobody seems to have indicated that Konica IR film could be processed under
>safelight conditions. Now I will be the first to admit I have not used the
>film. It just seems very strange that if the film were truly not sensitive to
>green or whatever that this would not have been mentioned as a big 
>advantage in
>terms of processing.

>Well, hardly.  When you look at the curve you really don't know what's below
>that bottom line.

Probably hasn't been mentioned because the biggest format it's available in 
is 120..  and it processes very nicely in a Jobo...  but then loading in 
light would be nice, never really thought of it.

And there's only one way to really find out...  I'm shooting a series of 
panoramas of Melbourne uni at the moment and I always have a few frames 
left on each roll. I'll shoot a few test frames with the appropriate filter 
first and then see what happens.

Come to think of it... a green filter would also make a good IR filter for 
Konica.  A #58 would block out both the blue and red light that the film is 
sensitive to, leaving just the IR.. and you can still see through the lens. 
Even if there is some green sensitivity this should be negligible for shooting.




Cheers

Ben

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