A trip to the Downs with ILFORD SFX 200 and a RED Filter. 

I thought it was out the shot. Tiny space for me and a tripod ha ha. Cheers.

You take it for granted here, but yes, there are some beautiful views. Best views are on the West side which is about 30 minute drive. The downs is 10 minutes from me.

I keep my beers in the darkroom over winter LOL

Cheers Don. Thats possibly why the softer focus.

Awesome, thank you! Enjoy printing!

This is the right answer. He didn't compensate for focus shift, which is what little red or white dot on the lens marks.

Hey Peds... I did think that but wasn't sure if that was for a full on IR Filter. Now it makes sense! Ha Ha you could see I was confused

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I'm not sure if is that, was just a ideia that came to my head. But can be interesting to try and see the results. Big hug Roger 👍

Glad you enjoyed it Justin

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad you enjoyed it!

My pleasure 😊

Thank you! Sometimes you feel like you have done it all up there but it is different every time I go. Apart from the trees.

Thank you very much!

Interesting Ken. I've never come across those before.

Cheers Tim. The only time I saw an IR being used was on an OASIS Single CD "Live Forever" if you google it you'll see.

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss ah yes Oasis! Yep that's IR! The really crazy stuff (Kodak HIE) isn't being made alas but I've had great results with Rollei IR 400 (which many folks say is Agfa Aviphot). I've also tried HR50 and FN64 but haven't yet gotten quite as good results (but that could be a me problem, not anything to do with those films). SFX200 is on my list to try. I haven't tried it yet because I really like shooting IR in sheets (hence the FN64 testing since I can get that stuff all the way up to 8x10, though with a pretty big quality tradeoff). I would love to see SFX on a glorious Ilford sheet base. Anyways! If you wanna give IR a go, I highly recommend the Hoya R72 filter. It's actually closer to 740nm rather than 720nm. I found that out from Shaka1277's Fomapan 400 IR video and pulled up the datasheet and sure enough 740-ish is when the transmission of the filter rockets upwards. They can get a little pricey in the larger sizes though but I've had lovely results with it. Shaka1277 seems to prefer a less aggressive IR filter so it might be worth watching his Foma 400 video to see. I tend to want the IR look to be well accentuated so tend to stick with the R72. I've even thought about trying to get an even higher nm IR filter but they seem to be harder to come-by.

Have fun!

With Red or Orange I get great results if there is blue sky with white clouds rendering the blues darker and making the clouds stand out. Just have to remember to compensate for the exposure, usually Red 3 stops and Orange 2 Stops. And the filter renders the same colour lighter, so a red tomato with a red filter will look almost pale. Good fun to use.

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Oh yeah the skies look good - my problem is with the foliage. I usually end up with blotchy trees. Maybe my red filter isn't the best, and it darkens greens too much.

Glad it was helpful.

Thats possible Roop, but the tree stump was also softer I noticed.

Glad you liked it!

I din't know you could get IR filters! Cheers Lensman!

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss 780nm or 830nm filters work better with digital. I find 720nm is just too close to a normal image. The advantage of doing it on the Q2 is that you can still see through the filter to compose and the camera still focuses correctly

Do you compensate the focusing when using the Red or Orange Filter?

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I don't. But I usually work between around 8m to infinity

Cheers Gary!

Wow, thank you Richard. Very kind of you !

Thanks for the tips Stefan.

Yes thanks. It wasn't that bad thankfully!

I got a really cheap one made by pig iron on Amazon that works brilliantly

Thanks for watching!, Yes it is a Beehive Light. Works well.

I have a PigIron ND 10 and for the price it is surprisingly good.

I need to!

My deep red needs 3 stops, if that helps.

I usually use 3 stops but here I used only 2 stops compensation. So in effect over exposing by a stop. The Island is usually dry and very safe, low crime etc, but the roads and back lanes you get used to them.