How about some infrared images

[polyglot]

thanks, everyone.

[John Olsen]

I am also trying the Rollei IR film. I have loaded my first roll of 35mm. I hope it is good so I can get some 4x5.
does anyone have experience with Rollei IR???

Yes, go out and buy as much as your freezer can hold. I'm shooting Rollie i.r. in 35mm, 6x6 and 4x5. In side-by-side comparisons with my best guesses for TriX filtration, it's always the Rollei that goes into the enlarger.

[StoneNYC]

Yes, go out and buy as much as your freezer can hold. I'm shooting Rollie i.r. in 35mm, 6x6 and 4x5. In side-by-side comparisons with my best guesses for TriX filtration, it's always the Rollei that goes into the enlarger.

When you say Tri-X filtration, do you mean as a mask or as a dense sheet of Tri-X over the lens when taking?

[John Olsen]

When you say Tri-X filtration, do you mean as a mask or as a dense sheet of Tri-X over the lens when taking?

Yes, a sheet of totally exposed and developed TriX makes a wonderful filter for rendering all scenes as Zone X. However, some times I actually try to capture an image on the TriX itself and I apply various filters to the taking lens in a futile effort to get a landscape that is better than what Rollei i.r. would have given me.

[evan clarke]

11x14 Efke IR

[StoneNYC]

11x14 Efke IR

They made 11x14 EFKE IR820?? OMG! Lucky you!

[sanking]

They made 11x14 EFKE IR820?? OMG! Lucky you!

Yes, Efke made IR 820 in 11X14" size. I bought several hundred sheets of the stuff just before the announcement that Efke was ceasing production. It was very inexpensive, about $25 per 50 sheet box. I cut it down for 5X7. It is low ASA so will keep a long time if stored in the freezer. It is/was a nice option because you could use it for regular panchromatic work without a filter, or for IR with an IR filter of 715 or 720.

Sandy

[StoneNYC]

Yes, Efke made IR 820 in 11X14" size. I bought several hundred sheets of the stuff just before the announcement that Efke was ceasing production. It was very inexpensive, about $25 per 50 sheet box. I cut it down for 5X7. It is low ASA so will keep a long time if stored in the freezer. It is/was a nice option because you could use it for regular panchromatic work without a filter, or for IR with an IR filter of 715 or 720.

Sandy

WOW!!! $25/50 sheet box??? You made out like a bandit!

What ASA is it?

And care to share any? I'm building an 11x14 camera (better than my first camera which was only a pinhole) and I would love to shoot some when I know it's working!

I'm sure everyone asks you though, maybe if I offer you double your purchase price! Haha

[evan clarke]

Yup, I bought 400 sheets.

[evan clarke]

WOW!!! $25/50 sheet box??? You made out like a bandit!

What ASA is it?

And care to share any? I'm building an 11x14 camera (better than my first camera which was only a pinhole) and I would love to shoot some when I know it's working!

I'm sure everyone asks you though, maybe if I offer you double your purchase price! Haha

Need to make sure of a couple things. The bellows must be IR safe and you will need an APO lens. The bigger format gives funny results with non APO lenses.