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Filipe Palha
{K:5432} 3/17/2003
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This is a dream right?
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Jeff Cable
{K:3599} 3/16/2002
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You're welcome Bill. I thought I would add my 0.03 Euro... is all. :) It would surprise me if the F4 was subject to this kind of leak. I don't see that Nikon would be guilty of any misunderstanding of the uses to which their professional range of cameras would be put to. OTOH it is a reasonable explanation for the symptoms you described. I would be interested to know how your testing goes. Look forward to seeing more IR work from you.
Cheers!
Jeff
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Bill Krul
{K:5597} 3/16/2002
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Jeff: Thanks for the web site. Now that I think about it the film was in the camera for a few weeks and then sat around the house for several months before being processed. I wonder too if the little window that displays the film cannister(on my F4) nay let a little IR in and really do a job on the frames that haden't been advanced in a few weeks. Cant wait for the world to green up so I can explore IR again.
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Jeff Cable
{K:3599} 3/15/2002
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I really liked the composition. The tone lends this one a timeless quality... reminiscent of a bygone era perhaps.
The soft image draws the viewer in and encorages one to want to be a part of that dreamy landscape.
Reading the other comments and at the risk of making a complete fool of myself... IR film requires a different point of focus from other films and I wondered if you were focussing normally as part of good photographic habit?
There! Now I have put my neck on the line. 8) I remember hearing about plastic bodied cameras and stole a small part of an article (reproduced below) that I found on photo.net
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Most 35mm, 120 (6cm)and sheet film cameras can be used for infrared photography in the range of spectrum from 700 to 925 nanometers. A few of the newer plastic body cameras may not be completely opaque to infrared.
You can easily test your equipment to see if it is completely suitable for infrared photography. Load a roll of infrared film into the camera and fire off several exposures at high shutter speed and small f-stop, with lens cap in place and indoors. If you open the fresh film container and load the film into the camera in total darkness you will have a completely unfogged roll making the test results easier to interpret. This will leave blank, unfogged film in the exposure chamber of the camera. Now place the camera in full 10 am to 2 pm April to September sunlight in several orientations for about 20 minutes in each (lens cap on if it is a rangefinder!). Process the film to normal or slightly greater than normal gamma. If the film is fogged, the equipment is leaking infrared radiation. Inexpensive, older model 35mm cameras usually make good infrared cameras if your plastic camera body leaks infrared.
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The URL you need is: http://www.photo.net/photo/edscott/ir000010.htm
Cheers!
Jeff
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Kevin Lanthier
{K:3477} 3/15/2002
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Niiiiiiice.
So soft... it gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. I'm becoming intrigued greatly by IR film as I look at this shot.
Good stuff!
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Bill Krul
{K:5597} 3/14/2002
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Thanks Kim,James & Marty for the kind words.
James: Many of the images were so soft (mushy) as to be beyond recognition. Since this was my first roll and I didn't process it I can't begin to guess what may have gone wrong. I'll be shooting more IR and processing it myself. Then I should be able to ask an intelligent question. I like the softness & the grain.
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John Doe
{K:170} 3/14/2002
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Nice image. Very soothing.
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james mickelson
{K:7344} 3/14/2002
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Bill, very nice. Ideally the swan on the left would be swimming too but as always serendipity doesn't always smile on us. I love the image. What troubles are you having with the IR film? Maybe we can help increase your success rate. This looks nice. The sepia tone is great. From your other stuff you should revel in IR.
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Bill Krul
{K:5597} 3/14/2002
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Kim: I'm having a terrible time uploading my polaroids but not my 35mm pics. I'll try to remove the dark swan and resubmit.
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 3/14/2002
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Looking good Bill! Looks like the scanning problem is fixed. I like the softness of this shot, and the sepia tones. The swan on the left is hidden in shadows and darkness detracts, but there isn't much you can do.
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