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

["thunder cat" <thundercat56@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

one day when i can afford color IR
i will be calling you
but i cant right now



>From: Clive Warren <Clive.Warren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: infrared@xxxxx
>To: infrared@xxxxx, filje@xxxxxxxxxxx
>CC: infrared@xxxxx
>Subject: RE: 35mm Color Infrared Film, Kodak EIR, for Sale $7.95 per 36exp 
>roll
>Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 10:02:12 +0100
>
>At 12:34 pm -0400 5/6/00, Rolland Elliott wrote:
>snip
> >
> >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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