Ilford SFX 200

[TennesseJones]

Is anyone here a fan of this film? Be lovely to see some examples.

I just picked up some in 120 which I'm going to try as part of a little project.

And any tips: is it as simple as put on a deep red filter and take it from there?

 

[charjohncarter]

Ilford SFX by John Carter, on Flickr

Ilford SFX by John Carter, on Flickr

Ilford SFX by John Carter, on Flickr

SFX200 HC-110h by John Carter, on Flickr

Untitled by John Carter, on Flickr

I use a (not dark red) Red Filter, EI 32.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Deep red filtration at around EI 20-32 is good. True IR filters are much more dramatic but drop the speed to EI 3-6.

Cheers,

R.

 

[charjohncarter]

Deep red filtration at around EI 20-32 is good. True IR filters are much more dramatic but drop the speed to EI 3-6.

Cheers,

R.

I use a R-090 which is a fairly light red filter. I like shadow detail in my photos and I have found this best FOR ME (at 32). The last image above was with a darker red which made it hard for me to get shadows. And as Roger says; IR will give you more drama, I personally don't like that drama so I've never used an IR filter. But the EI that Roger give seems about right to me.

HC-110h at 18 minutes, 30 second agitation at first then 3 inversions each 5 minutes is what I've settled on (68 degrees).

 

[TennesseJones]

Thank you so much guys, very helpful indeed.
And great images John!

 

[charjohncarter]

If you develop your own film, you will love Ilford SFX. When you see those negatives you will think you are in Heaven.

 

[TennesseJones]

Excellent! Look forward to it.

If you develop your own film, you will love Ilford SFX. When you see those negatives you will think you are in Heaven.

 

[ashfaque]

Check out Dave Butcher's excellent tutorial on SFX 200: http://www.darkroomdave.com/tutorial/using-ilford-sfx-infra-red-film/
+ this http://www.darkroomdave.com/tutorial/process-times-for-ilford-fp4-sfx-and-delta-400/

 

[TennesseJones]

Thank you!

Check out Dave Butcher's excellent tutorial on SFX 200: http://www.darkroomdave.com/tutorial/using-ilford-sfx-infra-red-film/
+ this http://www.darkroomdave.com/tutorial/process-times-for-ilford-fp4-sfx-and-delta-400/