Yashicamat 124G & IR Film?

In message , Andrew McCall
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Has anyone had any experience with the Yashicamat camera and IR film,
such as Konica Infra Red 120? I haven't shot any IR film before, but I
believe that the camera has to be light tight to IR light and that not
all cameras are, does anyone know if the Yashicamat 12G was built well
enough to keep IR out?
Any metal-bodied camera should be light-tight to IR. The Yashica also
has a metal shutter, which helps too.



While on the subject of IR, I have read somewhere that Ilford SFX 120
isn't a real IR film in the way that the Konica is, the Ilford is just
more sensitive in the red light range making it appear almost IR. Can
anyone clarify this please? Is it IR or isn't it?!

It is not an IR film, but it does have extended red sensitivity. It
works well with a deep red filter to give you some of the look of IR
without the guesswork.
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Paul Friday

In article ,
Paul Friday writes:

It is not an IR film, but it does have extended red sensitivity. It
works well with a deep red filter to give you some of the look of IR
without the guesswork.

In my limited experience it avoids the black grass you get with red
filters.

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"Andrew McCall" wrote in message
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Hi,
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While on the subject of IR, I have read somewhere that Ilford SFX
120 isn't a real IR film in the way that the Konica is, the Ilford is
just more sensitive in the red light range making it appear almost
IR. Can anyone clarify this please? Is it IR or isn't it?!


It isn't really - maybe its sensitivity goes a bit beyond the visible, but
certainly not far into the infra-red. However, it is still a lot more red
sensitive than most B&W films.

The look with deep red filters is nearer to that of IR film than to normal
B&W, but not as extreme. Also, it doesn't have the 'halo' effect of kodak
high speed IR, which is in fact nothing to do with IR but due to the fact
that the HIE doesn't have an anti-halation layer: SFX does. And you can
load it in daylight.

I like SFX, it's an interesting film and easier to handle and expose than
true IR film. It doesn't replace true IR film when you want extreme
effects, or the HIE halo effect. Not better or worse, just different,
really.


Peter

Andrew McCall wrote:
Hi,

I am awaiting delivery of a Yashicamat 124G, and have been planning a
few projects for when it arrives. One of them is an infra-red (IR)
blend of a local church... which leads on to my questions!

Has anyone had any experience with the Yashicamat camera and IR film,
such as Konica Infra Red 120? I haven't shot any IR film before, but I
believe that the camera has to be light tight to IR light and that not
all cameras are, does anyone know if the Yashicamat 12G was built well
enough to keep IR out?

While on the subject of IR, I have read somewhere that Ilford SFX 120
isn't a real IR film in the way that the Konica is, the Ilford is just
more sensitive in the red light range making it appear almost IR. Can
anyone clarify this please? Is it IR or isn't it?!

Thanks to everyone who replied.

While I was planning on getting rid of the Yashicamat, I now find myself
looking for another one so I can have one loaded with Konica Infra Red
film fitted with, and another with Fuji Velvia with a view to scanning
and doing some IR-blends

Cool.

Andrew McCall

"Andrew McCall" wrote in message
...

Thanks to everyone who replied.

While I was planning on getting rid of the Yashicamat, I now find myself
looking for another one so I can have one loaded with Konica Infra Red
film fitted with, and another with Fuji Velvia with a view to scanning
and doing some IR-blends

While it is not exactly the same thing, have you seen how you can mimic B&W
IR from color film? Photoshop, of course. If you find the mimicing good
enough, you might not need the second camera. (If you surf for examples,
take them with a grain of salt. Many do _not_ show the proper outcome or
technique.)