Likewise, Merry Christmas to everyone.
I have used Rollei IR - still have some in the fridge - and I have no issues,
not that I've used any other as a comparison. Processed in Rodinal.
The recommended ISO 25 with IR filter is too fast. I tried that and there was
little on the negatives. ISO 400 with no filter it's fine.
Next roll I used at ISO 6 and that was great - actually it was ISO 1 with my
Fuji GX17 with 2.5 stop centre filter. Exposure was 1 second at f32 on a bright
sunny day. With a panoramic camera, depth of field is important so most of my
exposures are circa 1 second when using graduated filters early or late in the
day.
I bought a Hoya IR filter with recommended sensitivity range - from memory I
think a "72" unless that was the filter size!
With a viewfinder camera, you can see the subject at all times. With my 6008, I
had to keep removing the filter to frame - bit of a PITA.
Obviously with IR, it's important to have lots of greenery and with my shots -
taken on a breezy day, there is a certain amount of movement in the branches
and grasses which I think adds to the mysterious atmosphere.
Best
John
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From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on
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Sent: 24 December 2017 06:22
To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Memories from the Dark
And a merry Christmas to you too. I got into one of the few remaining real
camera shops in Dublin yesterday, http://www.johngunn.ie/ nd It was reassuring ;
to see fridges full of film, colour, black and white, 35mm, 120, 5x4, and a
small stock of 127. They are lovely and knowledgeable people. There was also
some boxes of Rollie IR film, which surprised me.
John Gunn Camera Shop<http://www.johngunn.ie/>
www.johngunn.ie
John Gunn Camera Shop located opposite Whelans and the Village in the heart of
Dublin's Village Quarter, we pride ourselves on providing our customers with
top ...
Has anyone used this? and if so, how did it turn out?
Best regards
Laurence Cuffe
On 24 Dec 2017, at 01:51, Marc James Small
<marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
At 07:01 PM 12/21/2017, `Richard Knoppow wrote:
Yep me too. I forgot what Kodak called these tanks but they didn't have
spools, one just wound the film up in the corrugated plastic. Kodak made some
odd and interesting gear. Some junk but most worked and was cheap.
Most kinds of adhesive tapes will do this, Triboelectric effect. Some
brighter than others but even plain Scotch tape does it. Never heard of it
fogging anything.
I did try color at home. Ansco Color or maybe it was Anscochrome. Reversal
film. Came out fairly well but was too expensive to use routinely.
Damn, but I do miss the darkroom days. I still have the whole lot, including
two fine enlargers with great lenses, but I've gotten away from doing it now.
I might get back to it, one of these decades. I'm 67 and retired, so why not?
I loved black and white, of course, especially with really fine-grain
emulsions. I mixed my own chemistry but, when trapped, I'd use Ilford ID-11 or
Kodak developers. And color was a gas to process. Printing it was an awesome
experience. Pulling the print out of the tray and hanging it to dry ... then
turning on the lights (you had to try to get neutral light bulbs for the room,
of course).
Now, I sit amidst box after box of negatives. Of course, I have ONE negative I
have to find, one of my son shot when he was ten or so. I had a print framed
and hanging but it got some water damage and now I have a small bit which
pulled off the center of the image. So, now I have to find that bloody
negative ....
And I have some 3D shots taken with Contaxs and Contaflex cameras. I have
several packs of negatives but where's my viewer? It's here somewhere ...
Merry Christmas!
Marc
