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Re: B&W Infra Red 101
Les,
Try using a flash covered with a 87 filter or an 89B filter. That way you will be
able to record the visble light, if any, through the camera lens while the flash
unit is providing the extra illumination you need. The trick is that the flash is
made invisible by the filter. I don't know about the LunaPro, but it could be
true. I use a Canon A-1 and meter my infrared TTL at ASA 6400 to 12800. I bought
one of those Adorama digital spot meters and metering the same scenes, it
indicated about ASA 3200 or so. I have to experiment a bit more with that.
Dave
Les Newcomer wrote:
> In Northern Michigan there's a gang (pride?, clump?) of poets, storytellers
> and misfits that sit around a campfire and tell stories and poems about
> mis-fitting. Several people have tried to shoot them, (most with a camera)
> to the point that they don't like flash going off all of the time. I tried
> shooting p3200 rated at 6400 with a 1.2 50mm lens with dissappoining
> results.
>
> Would IR film be beneficial? Since it's at night, I've already proven there
> is little visable light around, so I wouldn't need a filter and I'm not
> looking for the IR effect anyway. To set the scene, most people are about
> 10-20 feet away from a bon-fire that varies from a small 1 foot flame to 3 or
> 4 feet tall. Suggestions for exposures would be helpful. A long time ago
> somebody told me they got decent accuracy using a luna pro rating at ISO
> 3000 and putting an 87 filter over the cell. Would this hold true in this
> situation?
>
> since I live in the city and two blocks from the fire station, it would be
> very difficult and expensive to try a "field conditions film test", so I'd
> have to shoot from the hip once I got there.
>
> A few years back I thought Sunpack made a modular flash that had an Infra Red
> flash tube, not just IR sensing for AF cameras., anybody know A) what the
> model was and B) if it worked at all.
>
> Les
>
> >