Re: Can the Ir get outside of the frame

[George L Smyth <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

Jim Bisnett wrote:
> 
>     I shot my first Black and White IR film in 15 years. When I got it
> back I had bracked 1.5 stops from the exposure of my camera. I had a red
> filter on the lense of my Canon EOS 630. I did that just to make sure I
> got something. I was suprised to find that the least exposed was the
> only one that came out at all. I was also very suprised to see that on
> the very exposed frames there was no seperation between them. I mean
> that the IR must have bled between frames. Is this common if you over
> expose? I got a few good pictures and I hope to put up a limited web
> page in the next few days.

It sounds to me like the film was overexposed and overdeveloped.  You didn't
mention your shooting technique, but I would suggest metering through the red
filter at EI 250.  Try developing either with D76 1+1 70F 10 min or Xtol 1+1 70F
8 min.

Cheers -

george

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