maco ir film, any tips?

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i wish we had a film forum...

i picked up a rather expensive roll of maco ir film today. i've never shot it before.

any tips...from shooting to developing to post processing most gladly accepted.
pics too;)
thanks.

joe
 
I shot some a couple weeks ago. One thing : it's really slow. It is supposed to develop fine in standard developers, but information is weak.

mine was totally worthless because I shot it like HIE : 200 ISO with a red filter on.

http://www.jackspcs.com/dsmaco.htm

we should have a film forum - that would be a good idea. It IS the most important aspect of the process.
 
shutterflower said:
I shot some a couple weeks ago. One thing : it's really slow. It is supposed to develop fine in standard developers, but information is weak.

mine was totally worthless because I shot it like HIE : 200 ISO with a red filter on.

http://www.jackspcs.com/dsmaco.htm

we should have a film forum - that would be a good idea. It IS the most important aspect of the process.
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I recently shot IR for the first time using Kodak HIE. For a quarter of the roll I shot at ISO400 with red filter. For the rest I just shot at 1/125 @ f/11 and bracketed one stop either way. Got good results with both methods but more consistent results with the bracketing see here.

I developed in Rodinal 1+25 for 9 minutes agitating for the first minute and then one slow ten second inversion each minute.
 
Andy K said:
I recently shot IR for the first time using Kodak HIE. For a quarter of the roll I shot at ISO400 with red filter. For the rest I just shot at 1/125 @ f/11 and bracketed one stop either way. Got good results with both methods but more consistent results with the bracketing see here.

I developed in Rodinal 1+25 for 9 minutes agitating for the first minute and then one slow ten second inversion each minute.
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HIE is a totally different animal than Rollei IR400. Different in almost every way.

those shots are cool, though. I'm going to buy three rolls of 120 HIE from that guy. . .gotta find his URL again.
 
shutterflower said:
HIE is a totally different animal than Rollei IR400. Different in almost every way.
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Sorry I should have trimmed the quote, I was referencing your comment on shooting HIE at ISO 200.
 
Andy K said:
Sorry I should have trimmed the quote, I was referencing your comment on shooting HIE at ISO 200.
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oh. Yes. That film does well at ISO 200. Or 400. Or really whatever is appropriate for the weather conditions.

I shot some a while back - like 6 years ago - and it looks really neat.
 
lots of new reading material, thanks guys!

andy, nice shots! i will likely try some urban landscapes and, of course, some street shots.

i shot a few rolls of the konics ir film many years ago. it was very easy as there was no need for total darkness to load etc. it had a nice look to it.

joe
 
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