2019 Year End Wrap Up: Films Test Results

I tested 8  'new' (to me at least) films this Spring and Summer:  CineStill 800,  Silberra (100, 160), Rollei Retro 80S, Ilford FP4, Lomochrome Purple and of course the long awaited Kodak E100 (I'll talk about that one last).  Let me start with a film sent to me by my EMULSIVE Secret Santa: Ilford FP4 and Washi Z 400.

Ilford FP4 isn't a film I've ever thought of trying.  But that's what Secret Santas are for; to push us out of our comfort zone.......More Results Here.

Roosevelt Bridge and Dam along the Salt River, AZ

Washi Z 400 is another IR Sensitive film  I had not heard of it until my Secret Santa gave it to me last year.  Definitely need to try another roll, but I wish it came in 120 size:

My Results from both Silberra Films were Pretty good.  This was an Indiegogo Project that I supported in 2018:

Silberra Pan 100

Silberra Pan 160

Rollei Retro 80S is an IR sensitive film (like Ilford SFX-200).  I read about it on one of the blogs that I follow and decided to try it.  It's not going to replace SFX-200 for me, but worth a try:

I jumped on the Lomography band wagon and ordered the Lomochrome Purple.  I've never been drawn to special effects films before, but this one intrigued me.  Of course it finally arrived months behind schedule, but oh well......

CineStill has been around for a while.  I have several rolls that I never seemed to shoot.  In the Spring we visited the Biosphere2 and I loaded up my Fuji GA645Zi with CineStill 800.  It's a Tungsten film but performed OK in the muted day lit interior of the Bioshere:

And Finally the Kodak E100 Transparency Film.  The Link is to my summary experience.  For me personally, the film ran too cold:

ISO 125 Metered

ISO 125: true Color

Pushed to ISO 200

So I am going to give Fuji Velvia 50 another try in 2020.  

And if they come out with a 120 version of E100, we'll have a true shoot out!

52 Rolls Weeks 29 & 30....All Infrared All the Time!

We bid farewell to this round of Infrared Film Testing....The 720 nm filter made the difference.  Also longer exposures at ~ISO 50.

Baby Eggplant:

The Mamiya 1000S testing constitutes Week #30 for the 52 Rolls Project.  But You've seen them all here.  Week #29 was a similar Rollei IR test using the Mamiya 6.  results were not as good, 

but check it out for yourself.

And the camera worked beautifully:

Mamiya 1000S 645: Infrared Experiments II

More exposure testing, this time my Giant Zucchini Plants: 1 sec, 2 sec, 4 sec.

Mamiya 1000S 645: Infrared Experiments I

I realized that I should have used a 'normal' film for testing the camera.  But I was on an Infrared Binge, so I picked up a roll of Rollei IR 400.  I also had the 720 nm IR filter to play with....

So 3 Exposures: 1 sec, 2 sec, 4 sec:  Wild Grapes

More Fun with IR Films...........

More fun with IR films coming soon.  This time with the Hoya R72 filter, 

which cuts out more of the visible light.

Infrared Change of Pace: Part II

More results from the Front Garden.  Here perhaps the best IR Effect:

The green foliage is clearly reflecting IR.  Again a 4 second exposure @ f/16.  Below, the Snowball Bush again with the same exposure:

And below, what the scanner saw:

I adjusted the levels in the scanner software.  Scanners can save many 

images that are unprintable by other means.

Infrared Change of Pace: Part I

We'll take a break from the Utah Desert and take a look at some recent Infrared Experiments.  This time with Rollei 400 IR Film:

Long exposures mean that there will be some motion, even with a slight wind.  I was using a B&W IR 695 filter.  But am starting to see some IR effects in the whitening of the green leaves.  Below Same exposure f/16 @ 4 seconds, but the wind had picked up during the exposure.

Ilford SFX-200 Experiments

I've been continuing to experiment with Ilford SFX-200 film in preparation for Moab Photo Symposium:

I'm using the IR 695 filter with the SFX-200.  Of course Everything that is green is very dark.......

Our Blue Jeep definitely absorbs the IR Spectrum.

And Donald with the Burke and James Press Camera doing his own 4X5 IR experiments.