Re: Ilford SFX 200 film

[bcasselb@xxxxxxxxxxx (Bill D. Casselberry)]

  David Lee adds, on the "new-to-IR" thread ...

I am sure that my experience will be similar (i hope). However, I am new to
IR film and so for the first few rolls I am using a commercial developer so
I can concentrate on getting good film exposures without adding the
developing mess to the whole experience.

	I would suggest being very certain that any lab you use
	has a totally dark (No safelights of any sort) operation.
	I have heard that many labs use IR for their safelights
	in some fashion -- sure death to your latent images.

	My darkroom is safe enuf for regular b&w ; but I always do
	my IR stuff at night, staying on the safe side of my 
	blocked off 3'x4' window being good enough for daytime 
	outside light and IR as well. 

	I stayed pretty close to the recommendation for a #25 red.
	& 1/125th @ f11 ; morning or evening w/ sun behind, low
	air humidity & puffy clouds when possible.

	There have been a few clear sunny days here (Oregon Coast
	in the NW US) and I have been tempted   :)  Perhaps I'll
	get in on the next such day .....
							Bill

        Bill D. Casselberry
        Photography on the Oregon Coast
 
        http://www.orednet.org/~bcasselb
        bcasselb@xxxxxxxxxxx
 



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