New IR Film From MACO

Some six weeks or so ago, MACO has introduced a new IR film. From a first review in a magazine, I've seen that its sensitivity does not reach quite as far into IR as that of Kodak HSIR, but considerably further than Konica. A further difference to Kodak is that the MACO film has an anti-halation backing, and its grain is said to be finer than that of Kodak's HSIR. Some information is given on http://www.thn.net/~maco/FrameSet.htm, but it's rather thin. So much for the informative part.

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Now for my question: Has anyone already tried the film? What are your experiences? Which developer did you use, what time, agitation, speed ...? I'd be grateful for input.

Thomas, who/what is MACO?

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chris

MACO is the Hans O. Mahn Company, a manufacturer of quite a range of

high-quality films, papers and chemistry. I think the name was

mentioned in one or two posts in b&w world, but it even in Germany,

not all stores carry their products as they are sometimes considered

specialist stuff. Among the interesting things they manufacture

(besides the IR film) is a successor of the discontinued Agfaortho 25

(Macophot Ort 25). Most of their web site is available in English.

This also indicates that Germany is not their only market.

Thomas,

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I thought I had the URL for the IR Mailing List Archives, but I can't

find it right now. You can get it off of WJ's IR Homepage, though:

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>>>>whoa....it doesn't paste. Something weird about this

website. Okay, I'll try to type it in.....no guarantees this way,

though.>>>http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mainpage.htm<<<<

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The Maco film has been discussed and tested exhaustively for a number

of months now, by listers, and the archives can give you plenty of

information.

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Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western

Massachusetts

If anyone is interested.

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Maco products are available in the UK via Mr. Cad

(http://www.mrcad.co.uk/) - I presume they are the

sole distributors here. Mr. Cad is located in Croydon,

southern outskirts of London.

A buddy has confirmed the demise of Konica 750. Most of the major

suppliers are selling out rapidly. MACO way find they have more

demand than they expected!

Well, I haven't yet found a U.S. distributor, but I did find:

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The Maco website: http://www.mahn.net/

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And some useful info:

http://www.jetcity.com/~mrjones/infoshts.htm#MACOIR820C

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Possibly <a href="http://www.onecachet.com/">Cachet</a> carries the

IR film, but I didn't see it listed on their website.

Hello Thomas, Roberto Fiandri turned me on to this site which I think

has what you're looking for:<p>

<a

href="http://www.pauck.de/marco/photo/infrared/comparison_of_films/com

parison_of_films.html">what fun this is!</a><p>

Personally, I'd rather enjoy (!) the grain of HIE than put up with

these kinds of ASA/ISO numbers. One of the nice things about 35mm is

it's made to be hand held. I always feel like I'm working in the

wrong format when I put that little thing on a tripod (this is sort

of a joke). Seriously, I'd rather load up 4x5 hie than mess with the

roll film Konica, which never delivers the goods, even through an 87c

at asa 6. Good luck with the Maco film... t

I understand Kodak has discontinued HIE in 4x5 sheet film. I found

that out a week after I bought a sheet film camera to be able to shoot

4x5 cut down to 2x3. After doing the numbers, the cut down 220 film

selling on the net is pretty reasonable at $25/roll for 220-24

exposures.

Have a look to www.pauk.de . There are a lot of Maco-IR informations,

developement, filters an so on. Have a try. The MacoIR is my favorite

IR-film. I use it with 1+o ID11, but I heard Xtol 1+2 must give a

fine grain...

Dr.Dirk drüten