Just wondering if anyone out there has used Kodak Ektachrome EIR infrared slide film. What ISO should I set my meter to? Do I need to use any kind of infrared filters? Do I need to give the lab special instructions when processing it? Help!
Yes, I've shot with it quite a bit. You can shoot it at ISO 200 with a Wratten 12 yellow filter (also known as a minus blue filter) which is recommended in the literature included in the film package. Shooting without a filter makes your images look washed out. Here's a link to where I have a few of my EIR shots posted. The top 4 on the page are all EIR, plus one other one which is labeled as EIR. http://dianemaher.fotopic.net/c54732_1.html
No specific IR filters are required for this film. You should consult with a pro lab in your area before giving this film to them to process. You can't just drop it off at your local cheap lab. They can't use IR viewing devices when dealing with this film. I've read that some of the machines used to develop film have IR notch counters which is not good for this film either.
A book that you might want to read before exposing any of this film is "The Art of Color Infrared Photography" by Steven H. Begleiter, published by Amherst Media. ISBN: 1-58428-065-4. It will help you understand what to expect from the film and give you some insight on how to get the results that you want.
No. I send mine to Main Photo Service in Santa Ana, CA. I always tell them what ISO the film was shot at and anything else they might need to know. I think it's important to tell the lab what the ISO was when it was shot.
I had good results with a roll expired 1997 but stored in freezer.
I used Nikon FM-2, Setting ISO 200, tried filters as Y440, OR560, Yellow-Green X0, Color KR15 which gave the best results.
The lab must know to open the film can in complete darkness and without use of infrared emitters.
I had good results with a roll expired 1997 but stored in freezer.
I used Nikon FM-2, Setting ISO 200, tried filters as Y440, OR560, Yellow-Green X0, Color KR15 which gave the best results.
The lab must know to open the film can in complete darkness and without use of infrared emitters.
Do you realize you just replied to, and bumped back to the top of the new posts list, a thread the last post of which had been more than six years ago?
This film hasn't been available in some time. One person (in Germany I believe?) was selling the last of the re-spooled aerial version some months ago. There might be some in a freezer somewhere but otherwise, it's long gone.
No way I'm paying $400 for a roll of anything. (Though I did just pay $115 each for two boxes of 4x5 IR820. Still, that works out to $2.30 per shot. $400 for 36 exposures is more than $10. No thanks.)