Using up the last 10 frames of a 1997 Dated Kodak High Speed Infra-Red film which I cut from a Pentax LX used to first Tests. I used a New FD 50mm f1.8 and 25A RED filter and got exposures of 1/125 @ f6.3 but one was badly over-exposed of the 'Courgettes' in a friend's garden . his Wife's LETTUCE came out well and she gave me some to take home! a TEST Subject I use in my Road -- CANON Infra Red Tests by Peter Elgar, on Flickr Over-Exposed Courgettes CANON Infra Red Tests by Peter Elgar, on Flickr Lettuce came out well ! CANON Infra Red Tests by Peter Elgar, on Flickr No Difference with 'Iron Work' as it has no 'Chlorophyll' to reflect Infra-Red CANON Infra Red Tests by Peter Elgar, on Flickr My friend's ROSE came out well -- CANON Infra Red Tests by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Interesting Peter as i have never used infared film before, is there anything different when using blackand white and infared.
The only 'Different' is that it is best to meter with a separate meter rather than go through the Red Filter - but my FTbn has NO BATTERY anyway ! Then you FOCUS and see where the focus mark is on lens then MOVE that mark to the very small Red Line which is the focus for Infra-Red.
Do you process your own film and if you do is there any difference in the chemicals, timing of the inversions and standing.
Yes -- I process my own B&W and some C41 colour. but NOT E6. I have always had Chemicals since my schooldays at East Ham Grammar School Photographic Society 1952 where our Chemistry Master showed us impoverished Pupils how to make up our own developers-- so I make up my Film and Print (B&W) developers from Chemicals -- I use a lot of the famous Geoffrey Crawley's Formulae, who invented 'ACUTOL' , the Formula for which is still 'secret' BUT his 'ACUTOL-S' is not so that is known as 'FX-15' and I use THAT for Infra-Red film. I HAVE used ID11 but did not get such fine grain results. I agitate once per minute after 30 seconds continuous at the start, then I push a thermometer down the hole of the Paterson Tank to test temperature -- in Summer it rises a few degrees so I usually knock off 15 or 30 seconds development time . Here is the FX-15 Formula I use at 1+1 dilution :and 13 minutes for Infra-Red film. METOL 3.5 Grams SODIUM SULPHITE (Anhyd) 100.0 Grams PHENIDONE 0.1 Gram HYDROQUINONE 2.25 Grams SODIUM BISULPHITE 0.5 Gram BORAX 2.5 Grams SODIUM CARBONATE ( Anhyd) 1.0 Gram POTASSIUM BROMIDE 1.5 Grams Filtered Warm Water to make 1 litre Hope this helps -- Peter
I went to a school that did not have such interesting subjects, all we had was the 3rs, wood work , metal word and tech drawing. It is only in the last 10 years that I have been able to indulge myself in photography. I am lucky to now be happily divorced, so I can buy what I want when I want, having a garage under my house, so room for a darkroom . Construction is slow due to the need to remove some large rocks the size of small boulders. Removal of them will hasten the leveling of the ground and allow the framing of the walls and flooring to be complete. I have two enlargers and all the darkroom nick nacks needed to proceed . Hopefully the darkroom will be up and running in two to three months.
