Help - Infrared Film

danrusso · Nov 4, 2011

Hi,

I wanted to know if anyone could give me some tips regarding shooting with Infrared film. I will be using a Canon AE1 or a Leica M3 and a Mamiya RB67 Pro S.

Any and all tips/help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks Everyone!!!

Below is a link to where you can see the film I would be using:

https://skitch.com/dezno/ggf12/infrared

Helen B · Nov 4, 2011

The M3 is ideal for shooting IR film because you don't have to peer through the deep or very deep red filter that you will probably use with the Rollei/Agfa-Gevaert IR film to get the best IR effects. The Rollei film isn't sensitive as far into the IR as Kodak High-Speed IR film is (was), so the deeper IR filters aren't much use. There's a good pdf on the Mahn site. That's better info than I have personally, because they have used the film with more filters than I have. I've only used the B+W 092 with that film.

Best,
Helen

dxqcanada · Nov 4, 2011

Some discussion from an older post: http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/film-discussion-q/239641-curious-about-infrared-photography.html

danrusso · Nov 5, 2011

Thank you so much! I'm going to read that PDF now! Just wondering if I need to use a filter?? Like I said I have no experience with it. I was just going to pop it in and shoot. So I guess I should ask, if I need to concern myself with shooting times. Such as morning, mid afternoon or evening/night shots. Because it's infrared, should I treat it any more special than I should treat my regular film?

Thanks so much!!
Daniel

dxqcanada · Nov 5, 2011

First ... you will need a filter.
If you want to capture Infrared wavelengths only you want to filter out the visible light.
Infrared & UV Photography

You cannot use your light meter as it is calibrated for visible light.
The Data Sheet for the Infrared film you buy should have some recommended exposure settings. Bracket a lot !!!

Your camera/lenses are calibrated to focus visible light, so you need to change the focus for Infrared wavelengths ... back in the days of film, a number of lenses had a focus mark for Infrared ... so focus slightly short of the visible light focus point (if I remember correctly).