Ilford SFX--again

[rbiemer]

Folks,
I was at a real camera store yesterday and while they didn't have the specific thing I was looking for, they did have a small assortment of film and so I bought a couple of rolls of Ilford SFX.
I've poked around the threads here and read what Ilford has to say but still some questions:

--I saw/read in the earlier threads here statements like, "I just got some and am going to try it out soon"...so what results did y'all get?

--What ISO are those of you shooting it using? My inclination is to use the "box speed" at least to start.

Ignorant question of the bunch:
--Should I wait until it's not winter and then use this film? It's lately been about 20°F here in daylight and I wonder about how much IR there is to capture?
Thanks,
Rob

 

[DeeCee3]

Lots more IR than you'd probably expect this time of year, Rob! My results with it have been quite good. I haven't shot any in a year or so now but I had success with it rating it at ISO 200 (box speed) and using just a plain old Wratten 25 (red) filter and shooting with a 35-year old Konica AutoS-2. I'd be happy to post some files showing it but they're all on another computer. Trust me, though, I think you'll like it.

dc3

 

[rich815]

Using the DEEP, DEEP, DEEP red filter is a must for any kind of IR effect. Otherwise it's quite a grainy, blah film.

 

[meven]

Rob,

Here is what I got at ISO200 using a contax G2 and a plain red filter. It doesn't really show the pseudo IR effect because all the vegetation was dead!!!!!

Hope it helps
Cheers
Max

 

[LazyHammock]

I haven't shot SFX in a couple of years but this was was shot as iso 200 with a Hoya R72 filter - I like the grainy look in this case.
Nick
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=21725&ppuser=1572

 

[meven]

I haven't shot SFX in a couple of years but this was was shot as iso 200 with a Hoya R72 filter - I like the grainy look in this case.
Nick
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=21725&ppuser=1572

Yes indeed, the grainy look is nice.

Max

 

[Chris101]

Yeah, I like that! I will need to try this film again. R72, is that the almost opaque filter aka 89b?

 

[titrisol]

1. EI depends a lot on how you meter light.
If your camera meters light TTL then 200 should be fine
If not, then depending on the filter you use you'll have to adjut.
Using a 720nm filter (Wratten 89b or similar) which is almost opaque I rated it as EI 12 which means in broad daylight expose at 60/f5.6 or so depending on you rlatitude
I have found that here in the NL (52 deg N) it must be 30/f5.6 or 30/f4 during fall/winter

With a red filter it should be 64 or so

2. Use the deepest red filter you can get, preferably the 89b /720 nm filter to get full effects.

3. Winter has lots of IR, even though white snow is no fun dark skies are.

4. Developer, use the soup of your choice but IMHO DDX works best.