Infra-red filter

john341

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I would like to give infra-red film another go and I think, instead of using a red filter I should look at an i/r filter. Any advice where I should look for one? either 40.5 or 49mm would be ok..thanks
 
I use a Hoya R72 (49mm), with Efke IR820. I think the best way to tell you how to expose is to just shoot it at 1 second and use f11, of course with the filter on. This is with bright noon sun. You could then go to 4 seconds with cloudy, and 16 seconds with heavy overcast or shade. The first exposure I got from my own experiments and the second two are from someone here on RFF. But after many rolls of IR film and using a R72 filter I feel that a meter is of little value.
 
Freestyle has a nice selection. I've got the 4"x4" Lee 87 filter for my Efke film. It's less than $30 and I can hold it in front of any lens. I shoot IR rarely, but when I do, it might be with just about any of my lenses, so a dedicated one is not sensible for me.
 
What IR films do you guys use other than the efke? I really like the effect I've seen with the Kodak HIE film, but that isn't available any longer.
 
There's Efke 820 and Efke Arua, and Rollei IR and Ilford SFX, neither of the latter two go very far into IR. Nothing comes close to HIE in my opinion though. I have durned to the dark side, and shoot IR digital. If you want a good IR filter at a bargain price, check out Harrison and Harrison, where they make them to order, and cam most likely accomodate any mount you need.
 
I've not tried Rollei, but my experience with SFX is that it doesn't even come close to HIE. Efke 820 does, but, man, the exposures are so much longer than HIE to get the same effect. It does come in 120 and sheet film, though, so you can keep the graininess under control.

HIE was really special, and I too miss it, but in it's dying days, was only available in 135, and enlargements were awfully grainy.
 
I use this filter as well

I use this filter as well

With film and DSLRs, I just add 2-4 stops when adding the filter and everything comes out well. I convert to b/w in Picasa.

charjohncarter said:
I use a Hoya R72 (49mm), with Efke IR820. I think the best way to tell you how to expose is to just shoot it at 1 second and use f11, of course with the filter on. This is with bright noon sun. You could then go to 4 seconds with cloudy, and 16 seconds with heavy overcast or shade. The first exposure I got from my own experiments and the second two are from someone here on RFF. But after many rolls of IR film and using a R72 filter I feel that a meter is of little value.
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We have the Rollei brand i/r film in Oz-I have a book on exposing the film but the i/r filter evades me. Perhaps I'll try this Freestyle someone mentioned. Thanks for that!
 
I've just started shooting some rollei 400 infrared with a heliopan RG715 - filter. I think that's a Wratten 88A. It takes a generous 4 stops of exposure, so you end up with an iso between 12 and 25. That's still plenty to shoot handheld. The meter of my M6 is not far off when measuring through the filter.

Greetings,
Dirk
 
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