Price is right... can be loaded in subdued light- no changing bag, etc frequired to load /unload.

Hard to process, most negatives were hard to print, development times listed on box were not helpful [I was processing in HC-110 developer].

I didn't care too much for this film.

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Ilford SFX

Nice clarity and image sharpness. Can load in partial light without fogging

The 35mm only comes in 24. Shame it is not sold in reels.

Good film if you learn how to work it. Development time is the main problem area, the Japanese packaging sugests D76 1:1 at 13 min while the english website says a lot less. I have found that 35mm and 120 seem to be quite different. According to the staff at Yodobashi Osaka this film is produced once a year and this is the last time that it will be made. No other infra red film is sold in 120 in Japan. Better buy up if you can.

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kodak HIE, ilford SFX

If you want dramatic B&W landscapes with the 'IR' effect then this is your film. When it's on, ho boy, it ON! This is great stuff! If you want dramatic landscapes without the 'IR' effect and all of the bracketing, try using Kodak TMAX 100 with a Red 25A filter.

Slow, narrow latitude. There can be a high 'tear your hair out' factor at the beginning. Heavy bracketing means you get few good shots per roll, which is expensive. It's difficult to find development tables for this film. I use XTOL 1+1 7.5 min. at 20 deg C. Rumours are that Konica may be discontinuing this film.

This film is capable of creating some of the most spectacular B&W photography, but it is very tricky to get the right exposure. The latitude of this film is very narrow. Bracketing is essential. A little too much exposure and all of the highlights are blown out, not enough and it is too dark. The 'IR' effect (white foliage) of this film is not as strong as Kodak HIE, but it is more so than Macrophot and MUCH more so than Ilford SFX 200. With Konica 750nm you don't have the halo and grain effect like you do with HIE, so this film is capable of taking much sharper images but it also doesn't have as much of that surreal look like HIE. You cannot rate IR film speed without specifying which IR filter, so let me say that in full sun (May - Sep) I've had the best results rating the film at ISO 6 +/- 1 stop bracketing with an R72 filter. Any other time of year and all bets are off for getting the right exposure.

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Fine grain. Not easily fogged.

Slow and difficult to obtain.

Here's a 120 option to Ilford SFX with more infrared sensitivity and less grain. It's a stop slower though and d*** difficult to get (if it's still available at all). I've used it for 617 landscapes and the results are stunning. Rate at 12 ISO and develop in ID 11 for 8 minutes (stock solution). Good luck!

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Great for photographing low contrast situations, doesn't need to be loaded in the dark, can be shot with a plastic body camera (unlike Kodak's IR)

Visible spectrum broader than Kodak IR, so it doesn't look like a true IR film. Only manufactured once a year, so getting fresh film is difficult. ASA of 6 with a red 25 filter.

If you want the IR "look", this film won't do it. Useful only for photographing low contrast subjects.

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Kodak IR

Less danger of fogging
Easy to use

Hard to get
Doesn't push worth a hoot.

I have enjoyed this film immensely. I don't find it to be too contrasty and can print it easily on Multigrade paper with a 1/2 contrast filter. As for metering I use the cameras meter reading through a 25 Red filter and it works fine.

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Maco 120

Pretty predicatble results for an Infrared B+W.
Much more exposure forgiving than Kodak's HIE.
Pretty easy to handle... much easier than Kodak's HIE, but still more finicky than Ilford's SFX.

Push it more than 2 stops and hello grain!
Not as dramatic as Kodak's HIE.
Slow, slow, slow (I rate at <= 25 ASA).

Pretty darn cool stuff. As far as the "classic" IR look, use a dark red filter on a fairly bright day out-of-doors. I usually rate at 50 ASA for this type of shooting (especially landscapes where there are shadows), with brackets at 25 and 100. Don't be afraid to open the aperature an additional stop if there is a lot of shadow in the shot. Push more than 100 and it gets pretty grainy. Otherwise, it produces a high contrast image with small grain. With a #25 red filter, you can get some nice stuff... puffy white clouds surrounded by black sky and white-highlighted foliage. I guess as far as dramatic IR effects, it is a good compromise, less dramatic than HIE but more dramatic than Ilford's offering (SFX). Also middle of the road as far as handling, falling again in-between the other two-- load and unload in low light, use a good light-tight metal-body camera. Much more predicatbale results than HIE... a great IR-like film to experiment with.

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Standard B+W like Tri-X, Ilford HP line, Ilford Delta 400, slide film including Ektachrome and Kodachrome.