Re: In praise of Konica 750

["paul vandepitte" <paulvandepitte@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can you give more specific data on development time/temperature of both Maco 
and Konica? Also the ISO's for Konica are lacking...

Tnx

Paul


>From: Sid Barras <sbarris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: infrared@xxxxx
>To: "infrared@xxxxx" <infrared@xxxxx>
>Subject: In praise of Konica 750
>Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 11:04:07 -0500
>
>Hi all,
>I'm fairly new to IR, and to this list, but I've done about 20 rolls of
>each variety now (Kodak HIE in 35mm, Maco in 120, Konica in 120) and I
>think it's time to say out loud the things I've found.
>
>Kodak is neat, it allows me to bracket heavily and therefore always get
>the right exposure. (I like it at ISO 40 with an 89B filter, souped in D
>76. both stock and 1:1 work fine) BUT, it's too grainy for anything
>larger than 8 x 10 for me personally, and since my inclination is fine
>art photography and great big fine art prints, it's not suitable for me.
>
>Maco I'm still trying to figure out. It has great potential, but I still
>have trouble getting consistent results. (I'm recently using ISO 6 with
>89B filter, and ISO 20 with Red # 29; D 76 soup)
>does anyone have a formula they've locked into concerning ISO, filter
>and developer combinations that gives them consistent results?
>
>Konica is my favorite. And really, I started out with this stuff in
>third place, because I thought since it would have the least "wood
>effect" of all three films, I would like it the least. but after said
>number of rolls of film gone by, I truly love the prints I'm getting.
>
>I live in South Louisiana, and my scenics have been bayous and swamps,
>cypress trees with spanish moss, stagnant ponds with duckweed, huge live
>oaks with gnarly trunks. My prints are sort of the George Rodrigue (The
>blue dog guy) in negative. All his paintings are predominantly black.
>And my prints are showing the dark foliage of the swamps as white.
>
>The Konica gives me beautiful 6 cm x 6 cm negs that are very easy to
>print and I've gone to 16 x 20 (the limit of my enlarging equipment)
>with no sign of fuzziness in the areas in focus.
>
>(My equipment: a second or third hand old Kowa 6 and either a 85 or 150
>lens. Very bargain basement stuff, but amazingly capable, given the
>price I paid for the outfit: less than $600, and I got lots of
>accessories as well. This is typical for the Kowa stuff too. Check ebay
>and see, if you're looking for medium format stuff. But I digress. This
>probably needs a separate post.)
>
>Though the film doesn't give that Halo effect like Kodak, the wood
>effect is still quite pronounced, and I get images that are tack sharp
>and grainless, and I dare say they are as grainless as my Tmax 100
>images. (well maybe I exaggerate, but not much.)
>
>Anyway, from my limited experience, and my point of view, you can't beat
>Konica's IR.
>
>I would love comments and further discussion on this subject. And I hope
>to upload some of my pics very soon, so I can show supporting evidence
>for this wonderful film. (Just gotta find some time. The wife and I have
>seven kids, (Yes, we've found the cause, and it's name is "Catholicism")
>and we're very busy all the time.
>
>Holiday greetings to all,
>Sid B
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