Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Don! Maco 820 IR has become my favorite IR film. It is less extreme than Kodak's HIE but much more IR than the Konica or Ilford SFX. As the name implies, it is sensitive up to 820 nm, compared to around 750 nm for the Konica and Ilford films and 900 or so for HIE (the visible spectrum stops around 700 nm as far as I know). Heliopan lables their filters with the wavelength at which they kick in, so that the 695 cuts off all wavelengths below 695 nm. Hence, it is quite well suited to get a good IR effect out of the Maco film. I have also tried with a regular deep red filter (#29) but that one is weaker. With the 695 filter I rate the Maco at EI=12. Nathan Don Dory wrote: > Nathan, a strong group of images, as always. Unusual for IR film the > vertical > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_36alt5.jpg > seems a little misty as if there was some fog. > > Please provide more information as to the Maco IR. I'm not familiar with > the heliopan 695 although I would guess that it is a deep red to IR. I am > curious as to highlight blocking if any, actual exposures in the conditions > shown, your impressions of grain or lack thereof. > > Later this month I will be in the Yosemite area and have stocked some HIE > but noticed the Maco film at B&H and looked into comments at various sites. > As usual, running in circles with no useful information. > > Thank you in advance for any heads up about a choice, finally, to Kodak's > offering. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html