How to emulate wet collodion with normal 35mm equipment?

[M Carter]

Does removing AH layer makes the photo look like it is printed with lith?

No, it just gives tons of halation - makes sense when you remove the anti-halation layer. But my understanding is some of the classic IR films had little or no AH layer? So removing it can sort of match that "glow-ey" look of the old films. The Rollei IR isn't as grainy as Efke and seems to have greater resolution, so lith printing it can give more grit/grain. I've heard of things like putting metallic silver tape on your pressure plate to get that look, but what little I tested pre-washing the Rollei, there was a lot of halation.

 

[radiant]

No, it just gives tons of halation - makes sense when you remove the anti-halation layer.

Why did you post lith print photo then? I'm puzzled.

I would be interested seeing what this effect actually looks like, so please share an example if you have.

 

[M Carter]

Why did you post lith print photo then? I'm puzzled.

I would be interested seeing what this effect actually looks like, so please share an example if you have.

I posted the lith print as an example of Rollei IR in lith, which has a cool look that to me leans towards a more old-school sort of thing.

I don't have any test prints scanned of the washed IR though, I'll have to dig through my testing binders.