IR in a Kiev II or 4a

colyn

colyn

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I just came into possession of several rolls of frozen Kodak IR B&W film and was wondering if the Kiev II and 4a will handle this film without fogging etc..
 
It's good to see Russ's bits ;) but I would have presumed that anyway. That would be one real advantage to the type of back used by the Contax/Kiev cameras.

Pity I don't have any film to try it out... If you have the lenses, could you see how coated vs uncoated lenses deal with IR film? I love shooting old uncoated lenses so... ;)

William
 
It should work fine. There's metal all around and no LED film counter or anything.

Focusing wide open may be a bit inaccurate because the lenses don't have an IR focusing index (and with the 50 lenses the index would have to be on the body!).
 
wlewisiii said:
If you have the lenses, could you see how coated vs uncoated lenses deal with IR film? I love shooting old uncoated lenses so... ;)

William
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I have a uncoated 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss Biogon I'll have to try out with IR..
 
Thanks for the replies I'll give some IR a shot :D this weekend..
 
This has inspired me to try some IR out in one of my FSU RF's, ive tried in slrs and found removing the filter to focus/compose very tedious.
 
blacknoise said:
This has inspired me to try some IR out in one of my FSU RF's, ive tried in slrs and found removing the filter to focus/compose very tedious.
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IR was just made for RF's. Make sure you use a wide lens to get as much of the sky in as possible for maximum effect. Besides, if you use a wide lens focusing is not critical.

Cheers,

Russ Pinchbeck
 
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