burningheart wrote:
retrofocus wrote
Had some fun doing infrared photography with Leica camera gear this week. Used my Leica M6 with IR-sensitive Ilford SFX 200 film and R72 filters. I developed the film myself with Xtol (1:1).
Leica 50/2 pre-ASPH lens: Very nice. I miss seeing that look of Infrared on film.
Thanks! I have an IR-converted digital camera with 720 nm cutoff also, but the IR look from film is different - at least with the SFX200. In digital, all foliage turns pure white in sunlight. With film, I still have some more grey tones in it which actually looks pleasing to my eye. Likely this is caused by the film itself which is predominantly a B&W film with just some increased sensitivity in the IR spectrum. Trick is to overexpose the IR film quite a bit to achieve the typical "IR look". Other IR films might be better suited here like the Rollei IR film which I didn't test yet.