RE: 35mm Color Infrared Film, Kodak EIR, for Sale $7.95 per 36exp roll

[Clive Warren <Clive.Warren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:34 pm -0400 5/6/00, Rolland Elliott wrote:
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>
>I'm surprised that hardly anyone is interested in this color infrared film.
>At first I thought people on this list didn't use this film because the
>price of almost $20 a roll is very expensive, but maybe its because they
>don't like the film?  I guess this is a mainly B&W IR photography list.
>Oh, well, Rolland Elliott
>

It's the sort of effect which works once - eg the Hendrix album cover - but
soon becomes hackneyed unless you are doing something very creative with
the subject matter or composition.

I have never used the film but may be tempted to try a roll now that you
have started to supply it at such a reasonable price. The only potential
problem for me is that I am based in England and the film would undoubtably
have to be shipped such that it passes through the dreaded baggage scanner.

I have contacted the US Postal Service and the route to avoiding the scan
is dubious to say the least. The USPS have contract air carriers for
airmail and they can only provide guidelines rather than a guarantee that
the film will not be baggage scanned.  All mail is routinely baggage
scanned by the airmail carriers - probably a very sensible thing to do if
the sender is not accompanying the mail.

The procedure for avoiding the scan is fairly detailed and I will not post
it on the list as I believe it should not be widely publicised.


All the best,

             Clive   http://www.cocam.co.uk
                     Photographic Services, Filters and Equipment, Infrared FAQ


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