Nikkormat again, with Kodak HIE.

<p>I said I would post a few pics taken with Kodak's late lamented Infrared film. These were shot a couple of years ago on my very last roll, and I used the Nikkormat FTn that I just featured, combined with an early 28mm F2.<br>

The Nikkormat, or any early metal SLR is ideal to shoot this film because of the absence of the film type window, which will usually for this kind of film. The 28mm, with a red 25a filter attached works well too, as the dof covers any focus shift with IR film, although Nikon does provide IR indexes on these lenses.<br>

A quick note on the 28. An early Nikon brochure that I have lists this lens, along with the 35mm 1.4 and 85mm 1.8 as having multi-coating...the first Nikon lenses to have this. This fact is not marked on the lens in any way, but it's fairly obvious just looking at them. Of course Nikon went on the multicoat all their lenses not long after.<br>

Here are a few pics, which are taken in the big sand dunes of the Sandpatch Wilderness in East Gippsland, SE Australia. Ideal spot to highlight the other worldliness of this film.</p>

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<p>First image.</p><div></div>

<p>No.2</p><div></div>

<p>No.3</p><div></div>

<p>No.4</p><div></div>

<p>No.5</p><div></div>

<p>No.6</p><div></div>

<p>Lucky last..</p><div></div>

<p>Thanks for looking. Had some trouble scanning these, they print much nicer. Kodak HIE processed in undiluted D76 and scanned on the Epsom V700.</p>

<p>Lovely, Tony! The IR really adds an otherworldly feel to these images. </p>

<p>This is a real camera. Congratulation for the camera and the photographs too. I like those B&W images very much. I have to grab my two Nikkormat and get out to shot a couple rolls of T-Max.</p>

<p>Good use of the now rare Kodak HIE. Of the last two rolls I had I shot one of them about 6 or 7 years ago and used a Hoya R72 filter and I sold the other roll on ebay for nearly 40 USD. Wish I'd kept it now. I do have a roll of the Rollei IR that I'm saving. The HIE just has a unique look. Also, it produces infrared effects with red filters, whereas the films with less IR sensitivity need a 720nm filter to produce effects. </p>

Excellent! I would love to try out those lenses, especially the 28mm.

<p>Fine work again, <strong>Tony</strong>! You'll soon make your name as the Ansel Adams of Merimbula!</p>

<p>Thanks Mike. The film is now pretty much non existent, and seems to fetch ridiculously high prices when you find one. I wouldn't bother as I just don't shoot enough IR to worry. I still have some of the Efke 820Aura which does have some of the feel of the Kodak, but that film is history too.<br>

Konica made an excellent IR film some time ago to, but it had an anti-halo backing so you didn't get that nice glow.<br>

Thanks Rick, Ansel Adams of Merimbula? Whoa, my wife says that I'm a legend in my own lunch time....and I'm afraid that's about it!</p>

I too really enjoyed the photos. I'll bet they print fabulously! Great work seen here.

<p>http://www.ebay.com/itm/291653147773</p>

<p>kept cool, but not refrigerated.</p>

<p>How long does HIE last if it is refrigerated?</p>

<p>Thanks for the pictures.</p>

<p>Glen, HIE is particularly sensitive to heat and age, unless the film has been well chilled or frozen as mine was, best avoided. Still, not a bad price for that many rolls....worth the risk? Maybe.</p>

<p>I think the very early 85s did not have MC, and wonder at what serial numbers they started to have it without adding the "C" moniker.</p>

<p>Interesting: at this Nikon serial number web site, (http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/serialno.html#28 ), your exact lens appears as the example! (SN 294489) Click here: http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/c282n.jpg</p>