From:             PeteScherm@aol.com
Date sent:        Mon, 21 Feb 2000 12:30:05 EST
Subject:          Can you really use an 87 filter with Konica 750?
To:               infrared@a1.nl
Send reply to:    infrared@a1.nl

As much as I dearly love Clive for his courageous gamble in allowing me some
probably-undeserved space on his IR FAQ webpages........I disagree with him, and
others, about the use of Konica IR and an 87 filter.  I think that where we
differ, mostly, is regarding film speed.  I don't consider an ASA rating of one
or below a particular problem.  The things I photograph - except for occasional
pesky fast-moving clouds - can wait as long as I can.  I fondly remember
shooting a number of rolls of Kodachrome 10, donated and long expired, at ASA 2,
with my hand-held Exakta, which I processed as B&W film.  I can't remember the
details, but it was in the 50's, they came out fine, and thank goodness for the
Aruba bright sun and a reasonably fast Zeiss Biotar lens.

I shot a few rolls of Konica in Ireland, in September.  If it hadn't been SO
rainy, would have shot many more.  I was very pleased with the results.  For me,
the difference between between the 87 and an R-72 (89B, I believe) which I have
also used, is very noticeable.  I would like some halation, though.......hence
all of my fiddlin' around with the 70mm HSIR.

If anyone would like to try out the 120 Konica 750, I may be able to give 
some advice.  Let me know.

Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts *




FROM: ralf@free-photons.de (Ralf R. Radermacher)
SUBJECT: This year's Konica IR750 has arrived :-)
DATE: Thu, 2 May 2002 15:09:22 +0200
ORGANIZATION: hopelessly chaotic
NEWSGROUPS: rec.photo.darkroom,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.equipment.medium-format

....unfortunately, the price of a roll of 120 has almost doubled.

Ralf

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