Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]from another SFX experience: i tried SFX a couple of times last year, the top two photos on this link are from my very first roll, taken with rollei 2.8F: http://www.shinozuka-family.com/2000.6july/2000july.html the effect is somewhat subtle here... mostly a kind of glow around everything. i took some beach photos later that summer with a #25 filter and got some pretty dramatic shots. i've been too lazy to scan and post them, but i will eventually... i've never used "real" IR film, so i can't compare SFX against that. in general you can handle SFX in the same manner as general-purpose film. one thing to consider is that with the 8x filter factor of a #25 red filter, your EI goes from 200 to something like 25. i'm going to play with SFX some more this summer. - -rei > From: Pablo Kolodny <pkolodny@fibertel.com.ar> > > Bernard, I liked those frames...thank you. > I found some little bit strange effects, most of them at the tree branches > and also the contrast seems a little weird. > Interesting to my project...