Re: Beginner

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 10 Feb 00 at 18:12, Pedro Luís wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I' a new member of this ml. And I'm also finding my ways around this new
> area - IR photography.
> Currently, I'm studying at university here in Portugal.
> 
> I've read the all faq page and got some ideas to start with. Still I'm not
> going to get in to this area without knowing this:
> Do you think that it's too risky to develop the film in a normal lab?
> I was told that b&w films are easier to develop and so more likely to be
> developed with "no errors" in a lab.
> As I don't have my own lab this is, currently my only choice.

Don't worry, all my HIE is developed elsewhere, never done anything 
myself. Just be sure you find a pro-lab which a) knows a bit about 
IR, and b) is consistent. Machine-development would be the most safe 
in my eyes, as long as they don't let some dumb temporarily worker 
handle the film (which chance is much less at a such a pro lab than at an 
amateur/print shop).
So select your lab on quality & consistency, not price alone.
My first semi-pro lab did it by hand in D76 and did ruin some films, but my 
current pro lab soups it in XTOL, and all has been fine since.
If I return from holidays with dozens of films, I don't even *want* 
to do it myself....if only because I want contact prints of all of 
them too....way too much work....:-))
 
> One other question: What do you think about the necessity of using filters
> with b&w films and with color films?

Apart from IR you mean?
Assuming you know you need at least some filter for IR, both b&w (red 
filter) and color (yellow filter): 

No, for normal b&w and color you don't *need* a filter....but it can
be nice to use one, like a green filter for b&w portraits, a red
filter for b&w landscapes & cloud formations , and a polaroid for
color landscapes & cloud formations.

--                 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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