Trying out Ilford's SFX this weekend!

[jim appleyard]

Chazzy, perhaps you could use an step-up/down ring to get to your Series VI???

Yes, I've done some portraits with SFX, it's fun and different. I once did a portrait of a Lebanese woman for our local camera club meeting, "Ethnicity". She doesn't like her pic taken, but she did it for me and like the result very much. She said it was the best pic of her ever! SFX with all its grain and the IR look hid the parts of her face that she doesn't like. Try it, but you'll need lots of studio light and the subject must sit still for a longer shutter speed.

As far as nudes, I can never seem to get women to take their clothes off for me!

 

[Lee J]

Are there any reciprocity issues with SFX 200 at higher shutter speeds? I plan to shoot some skateboarding with it, which will require a shutter of at least 1/1000. I may also have to push to 400 to achieve that speed when shooting with an orange filter. I'm going to run a test roll this weekend and see how it goes.

 

[Chazzy]

Chazzy, perhaps you could use an step-up/down ring to get to your Series VI???

Yes, I've done some portraits with SFX, it's fun and different. I once did a portrait of a Lebanese woman for our local camera club meeting, "Ethnicity". She doesn't like her pic taken, but she did it for me and like the result very much. She said it was the best pic of her ever! SFX with all its grain and the IR look hid the parts of her face that she doesn't like. Try it, but you'll need lots of studio light and the subject must sit still for a longer shutter speed.

As far as nudes, I can never seem to get women to take their clothes off for me!

The only step-up rings for Series VI which I have ever seen are to larger series filter sizes, so the problem of finding an appropriate filter in a series filter size would remain. But Heliopan has some series filters, so that might be the way to go. And of course, I could try a 25A filter, but I keep reading that a deeper filter is necessary to get the real infra-red look.

 

[Rob Skeoch]

Looks like your getting some great results Macy.
You should get your fresh order of film in the next day or so.
I've ordered a bunch myself for my trip out west in August.... I've had little luck with it so far.... everything is way over.... I'm going to just put it in the rangefinder and use the meter in the camera with the filter on.... it seems to be working well for you.

If people are looking for 092 B+W filters I keep a few sizes in stock... including rangefinder sizes like 39, 43 or 46mm.

-Rob