IR film in a Lubitel

Has anyone ever tried this, or know of anyone who has tried? Just

curious.

Stefan, Finding IR film in 120 is a bit tough. I would say if it dosent have a red window to see the frame count it is most likley safe. Testing is the only for sure method. I know alot of 35mm new cameras that use an IR sproket counter fog it on the edge.

Good Luck. ,Grinder

I'm sure it's workable to an extent. People have used IR film in Holgas, for example. I haven't tried it myself.

I don't remember details, but seems like with the Holgas, you cover the red window and wind by the number of clicks.

I think Konica and/or maybe Maco are still doing IR film. Check at B&H and Freestyle.

Maco is still making IR film in 120 size. It should work fine one you cover the

red window as stated above.

Maco IR820c is available in 120 if you can find it (J&C Photo has it, last time I checked), and will soon be available rebranded (and at 3x the price) by Rollei (but sold in those nice wooden boxes). I don't know if the IR820/400 has become available in 120 yet, and the 70 mm aerial HIE that was being recut and loaded as 120 by a private party has been discontinued, so that film will be gone soon (if it's not already).

You can get Wood effect (the bright foliage seen in IR photos) with Classic 200 and Classic 400, available cheaply from J&C Photo, just by using a suitable filter, but the film is very, very slow through the #89A filter needed to see the effect (I mean *really* slow -- EI below 10!).

The question in my mind is whether the plastic body of the Lubitel is IR opaque, or will your film get fogged just by carrying the camera around in the sunshine? And I don't know, nor do I know a way to test short of buying a roll of IR820c and loading it up. This isn't known to be a problem with "extended red" films like Classic 200 and Classic 400, though; they don't have actual IR senstivity, just deep enough red to show Wood effect if you have a filter that blocks all other light.