maco ir film, any tips?

[back alley]

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

 

[sf]

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.

 

[back alley]

thanks for the site george.

 

[traveller]

There is also some specific and a lot of general information to be found at the Infrarot Photography FAQ and at Marco Pauck's site. Some of the links at the FAQ are outdated.

 

[Andy K]

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.

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.

 

[sf]

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.

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.

 

[Andy K]

HIE is a totally different animal than Rollei IR400. Different in almost every way.

Sorry I should have trimmed the quote, I was referencing your comment on shooting HIE at ISO 200.

 

[sf]

Sorry I should have trimmed the quote, I was referencing your comment on shooting HIE at ISO 200.

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.

 

[Andy K]

Here are a some sites I found helpful:

http://www.roberthall.com/ (how to section)

http://www.vividlight.com/Articles/2915.htm

http://home.wxs.nl/~losjb/hometest.html

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/invisiblelight/index.html

 

[back alley]

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