Every time I read a thread about Rollei I am left even more puzzled that the previous time I read about Rollei films in terms of what each Rollei film is and how many films in its range there are really. It is almost as if all the films are based on 2-3? Aviphot films which appear to have problems for everyday use.
The conclusions I draw are: 1.That getting the "maker" Rollei to give honest and accurate information would seem to be impossible: 2. Exposing the films and getting good prints is a difficult chore; 3. The range or certain films in the range are OK for IR but the "IR" labelled film is no different from the films with other labels.
However despite these difficulties with Rollei or perhaps because of them some are drawn to the challenge despite misgivings.
It is almost as if we need a bike and the bike shop sells a few models. One maker, let's say Ilford just as an example, sells a reliable bike that comes with a full maker's handbook and on the road generally does what a bike is supposed to do if we follow the maker's instructions in the handbook. The other bike does not have a reliable handbook and requires the user to find a way round its difficulties which the maker has chosen not to fully reveal and which in some cases those difficulties cannot be fully overcome but amazingly that bike still sells and potential customers are still drawn to trying to make it work.
If it was a car or a washing machine or any other appliance that we needed to be sure would work every time and in the way we needed it to then would we even consider choosing it?
If I were an Ilford executive I'd be bald by now - simply from the amount of times I had shaken my head when reading these threads
pentaxuser