B&W Infrared Film Processing

Can anyone recommend a good mail-order lab for 35mm black-and-white infrared film? No one locally can handle it, and my usual go-to mail-order lab, Dwayne's, can't do infrared—I specifically inquired (the answer was an emphatic no). Decades ago, I shot a lot of landscapes on b&w infrared—when any local lab could d&p routinely—and I'd like to reëxplore that medium.

Sadly, there is nothing special about it......aside from being another branded film. You might want to develop it at home, as this could be the writing on the wall.

 

That said, I'm not sure why Dwaynes doesn't.

I too am stumped as to why you can't find a lab to process it.

 

I'm guessing you're either shooting Ilford or Rollei and not Kodak HIE. HIE has to be handled in the dark even when loading and unloading from the camera, while the other two are fine with handling in subdued light.

 

The only potential issues I could see would be if the lab uses IR glasses for their techs to handle film or if the processing machine uses some type of IR indexing.

 

As said, though, it's really just handled like any other B&W film. I use the Rollei version and develop it the same as all my other B&W.

If you really don't want to do it yourself (and it's not that hard), give Praus Productions in Rochester, NY a call. Or Blue Moon Camera and Machine in Portland, OR. I don't know that either will do it, but they've done regular B&W and color for me and been very good.

Film Photography Project (which sells IR film) recommends The Darkroom for processing IR film.

I knew a place in NJ that did it but they stopped due to the decline of customers bringing it in.

I've used The Darkroom for C-41 but didn't think of them for infrared. I have a brick of Rollei I'm itching to use. I'm not sure why Dwayne's won't do it either. I suppose it's because the techs do use IR glasses. Thanks for the responses everyone. I'm not a big fan of the new look of Photo.net, so I don't check in regularly like I used to.