> In answering my question about APO glass Warren mentioned IR >setting, which in turn got me to wondering if any of you had tried to >experimenting with Infrared film on any of your railfan trips.
I have used this film a lot over the years. The first thing I did was to find a scene with trees, water and anything else I could squeeze in. Using a tripod I began a series of test shots with many filters, 25, X-1, 47 and others. One thing I found out is the color will shift considerably between a high shutter speed / low F stop vs low speed / high F stop. I used an ISO of 100 for the IR film. Once I had the results, I could see the filter and settings I wanted to give me a particular result. The film should be stored below 40F, in fact when I worked in a camera store, Kodak always shipped the file in dry ice. Since it's an E4 process (I think it still is), Kodak will no longer process it. I have used Rocky Mountain Film Labs in Denver as they one of the few labs still running E4. I do like this file for artsy shots. It's great for conveying a "feeling" in some scenes. For trains... well it's not so good. I have uploaded a few shots to one of my servers if anyone wants to take a look. Go to: http://www.rrhistorical.com/temp/ There is an index of 5 images. ir01.jpg shows the color shift of this GE leased unit and was taken just after sunset. ir02.jpg really shows the color shift and Chicago's blue Metra units turn dark red! ir03.jpg was taken without a filter. The only color shift here was the sky, but still very high contrast. ir04.jpg is with a 25 filter and is the "standard" of what you would expect from this film. ir05.jpg may be the best of this bunch as far as trying to give a feel to the image. ir06.jpg is again the standard 25 filter. If anyone wants to see other non rail images where the film is really nice, let me know. Dan - Ribbon Rail Productions - World Wide Web Publishing 319 N. Naperville Road, Suite 348 Bolingbrook, IL 60490 Voice 630.969.7837 - Data 630.960.3046 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved
