Re: Hi all, and a bit of a newbie question.

[George L Smyth <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

George Madrid wrote:
> 
> Now, here's my question.  I was fortunate enough to acquire a medium format
> camera in the recent past, and I love it.  What IR films are available in
> 120 format?  Are there any of y'all that shoot IR with MF?  What sort of
> helpful advice do you have to offer that is specific to larger formats?

The only IR film available in that format is Konica IR (some examples
can be seen on my page).  It is a slow (I shoot it EI8), relatively
fine-grained film that is quite nice when developed in Rodinal.  It
doesn't go nearly as far into the IR region as Kodak's film, but is
perfect for those images where you want a little something extra without
the "obvious" IR effects.

> It seems to me that some of the cool IR "effects" such as the flare on HIE
> are magnified by enlargement.  So, do you lose some of this on larger
> format?

Perhaps you are referring to the halo effect?  This is caused by Kdak's
lack of anti-halation layer and will not be available with Konica's
version.

george

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