Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll)

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

Infrared is a lot of fun to play with and with time you can create some great images.

Be prepared to burn up a rolls testing this film with your equipment. My starting point was a Nikon F6 with a 50mm f1.2 AIS lens and a B+W 092 IR filter and a hand held light meter. A clip board for notes for each frame will help you to analyze your mistakes and reduce the learning curve. The filter factor is 20-40 for the B+W 092, using and aperture of f11 I stopped the lens by 3.5 stops and bracketed 1/2 stop in either direction with the ISO set to 12. This produced relatively good and consistent images in bright daylight. Developing with Ilford DDX worked well at 10 minutes and 68 degrees F but make sure you prewash the film to remove the anti halation coating before you develop.

IR is finicky and a lot of testing is needed to begin to see what you cannot see as IR light is invisible but there are a lot of clues you can see and by using good record keeping you will find this film to be very enjoyable and consistent in the images it will produce.

A couple of notes on handling this film. Make sure you load and unload this film in complete darkness, use a very darkroom and preferably not a changing bag as any moisture such as perspiration will degrade the anti halation coating which is water based. When loading the film onto a developing spool I recommend not using a changing bag but a darkroom where moisture will not be a problem and the film can hang free of your fingers as it enters the spool so that the anti halation coating doesn't cause you a problem.

Do not expect great results with the first roll but with time this is a great film and with the loss of Kodak HIE the best alternative.

The only downside is that it does not come in a 120 size.

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

This Film is Excellent for Landscape Photography, I personally use it with a Bronica ETRSi/ 50mm/ & Tiffen 62mm IR Filter #87 on the 35mm Panoramic W Back. If you do not use a IR Filter you will receive a more normal B&W tonal effect as a final result. Exposures were perfect @ 4 seconds/ F11 with the 87 IR Filter.

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

I used this film in a holga and a Canon A-1 and the pictures turned out amazing in both cameras. plus its cheap(er) than other infared film

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

First was reluctant to order IR film from a brand I had never used before. This film works really well for landscapes. Always used it with a IR87 filter, which blocks most visible light.

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

thought that it would be like the infrared film from kodak, but its pretty far from this one.

Maybe the Aura version, could be better, so I will give it a shot.

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

Simply the best IR film now that kodak stopped making it.

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

The purchase was a good experience.
I took photos of Niagra Falls from several vantage points. I had to send it to Colorado (I live in Maryland) to get it developed because no-one around here processes this type of film anymore...

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

Two mayor issues with this film are a)filter choice, and b)film speed. The best IR effects and exposure I got with Cokin 007 dark red filter (barely C-thru), film speed at ISO 8 (manual), developped in D76 stock per original insructions. Grain was wisible but acceptable. In another set-up I used Hoya R25 filter, set the speed to ISO 25 and used TTL measuring, processed in D76. The negative was slighlty underexposed, still showing nice range of gray, but R25 produced no IR effect.
Negative scratches easily!

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

This was my first roll of infrared film. I shot it through my Canon A-1 camera using a #29 dark red filter. I set my ISO to 25 and I bracketed +1, +2, -1, -2. Overall the film performed well with the green foliage turning out various gradations of white. The tonal range was excellent except that the sky did not turn black even though it was a sunny day. From what I've read you need the Hoya R72 filter to turn the sky black.

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

Great filter with either Efke IR anti-halation and halation films. I prefer using the anti-halation, because of the sharp focus and fine art photography look. The B+W 092 Filter brings-out all the IR effects without the gimiky look of auras. Though auras a great for graphic artwork, and Efke Aura IR works well with this filter.

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

Infrared is a lot of fun to play with and with time you can create some great images.

Be prepared to burn up a rolls testing this film with your equipment. My starting point was a Nikon F6 with a 50mm f1.2 AIS lens and a B+W 092 IR filter and a hand held light meter. A clip board for notes for each frame will help you to analyze your mistakes and reduce the learning curve. The filter factor is 20-40 for the B+W 092, using and aperture of f11 I stopped the lens by 3.5 stops and bracketed 1/2 stop in either direction with the ISO set to 12. This produced relatively good and consistent images in bright daylight. Developing with Ilford DDX worked well at 10 minutes and 68 degrees F but make sure you prewash the film to remove the anti halation coating before you develop.

IR is finicky and a lot of testing is needed to begin to see what you cannot see as IR light is invisible but there are a lot of clues you can see and by using good record keeping you will find this film to be very enjoyable and consistent in the images it will produce.

A couple of notes on handling this film. Make sure you load and unload this film in complete darkness, use a very darkroom and preferably not a changing bag as any moisture such as perspiration will degrade the anti halation coating which is water based. When loading the film onto a developing spool I recommend not using a changing bag but a darkroom where moisture will not be a problem and the film can hang free of your fingers as it enters the spool so that the anti halation coating doesn't cause you a problem.

Do not expect great results with the first roll but with time this is a great film and with the loss of Kodak HIE the best alternative.

The only downside is that it does not come in a 120 size.

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

This Film is Excellent for Landscape Photography, I personally use it with a Bronica ETRSi/ 50mm/ & Tiffen 62mm IR Filter #87 on the 35mm Panoramic W Back. If you do not use a IR Filter you will receive a more normal B&W tonal effect as a final result. Exposures were perfect @ 4 seconds/ F11 with the 87 IR Filter.

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

I used this film in a holga and a Canon A-1 and the pictures turned out amazing in both cameras. plus its cheap(er) than other infared film

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

First was reluctant to order IR film from a brand I had never used before. This film works really well for landscapes. Always used it with a IR87 filter, which blocks most visible light.

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

thought that it would be like the infrared film from kodak, but its pretty far from this one.

Maybe the Aura version, could be better, so I will give it a shot.

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

Simply the best IR film now that kodak stopped making it.

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

The purchase was a good experience.
I took photos of Niagra Falls from several vantage points. I had to send it to Colorado (I live in Maryland) to get it developed because no-one around here processes this type of film anymore...

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

Two mayor issues with this film are a)filter choice, and b)film speed. The best IR effects and exposure I got with Cokin 007 dark red filter (barely C-thru), film speed at ISO 8 (manual), developped in D76 stock per original insructions. Grain was wisible but acceptable. In another set-up I used Hoya R25 filter, set the speed to ISO 25 and used TTL measuring, processed in D76. The negative was slighlty underexposed, still showing nice range of gray, but R25 produced no IR effect.
Negative scratches easily!

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

This was my first roll of infrared film. I shot it through my Canon A-1 camera using a #29 dark red filter. I set my ISO to 25 and I bracketed +1, +2, -1, -2. Overall the film performed well with the green foliage turning out various gradations of white. The tonal range was excellent except that the sky did not turn black even though it was a sunny day. From what I've read you need the Hoya R72 filter to turn the sky black.

Comments about Efke 35mm IR820 Black and White Infrared Film (1 Roll):

Great filter with either Efke IR anti-halation and halation films. I prefer using the anti-halation, because of the sharp focus and fine art photography look. The B+W 092 Filter brings-out all the IR effects without the gimiky look of auras. Though auras a great for graphic artwork, and Efke Aura IR works well with this filter.