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I'll be glad to receive your opinions about the image. Thank you for

your time. Peter

two words. . . infrared film. . . would make this a strong image with a cloudy sky.

Jeremy, I think you are right, it could be very interesting to capture this in IR. Well, I could try if I ever revisit the distant place with a camera that supports IR shooting. Unfortunately, mine does not. Thank you for your suggestion and visit. Regards, Peter

Nice shot.

I wouldn't use infrared because there are no clouds. Fuji Velvia 50 would be best in my opinion. That way you get most from color sensation and even sharpness. Shooting clear sky is not easy.

BTW your Canon 3000 might be ok with infrared, especially less sensitive one. I shoot Kodak EIR colour infrared in Canon EOS 300 with no foging at all. Even EOS 300 is not good for IR, but it is worth to try. It depends from each camera. Many cause foging inly at sprocket area of the of the film, which is ok.

Ahoj. :)

Ahoj Flynn, you are right about the clouds, that is what Jeremy suggested. I never tried Velvia 50 as I was afraid of having to use tripod most of the time. This shot was with Velvia 100F, handheld, 1/45 s at f4.5. Tripod would have helped here. If you look closely, the sharpness of the distant trees due to low DOF is not optimal. But we were in a hurry, so it is essentially a snapshot. Can Velvia 50 be pushed one stop without sacrifying quality ?

 

I am glad to hear that Canon 3000 might in theory be used for IR because the manual says it cannot be used. You encouraged me to try to shoot a roll. Is there not a problem that the camera body is plastic ? Thank you for your comment. Have a nice day. Peter

Great photograph Peter, I love the simplicity of it, the colours, the tones and the composition!

 

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I love it in colour, but if you did want to follow Jeremy's suggestion with your EOS 3000, then there is a way. It is true that the EOS system uses an infrared sensor to advance the film between shots, and that this would fog dedicated infrared sensitive film. There is a way round this: Ilford's SFX 200 (Near Infrared) film is just not that sensitive! This film's sensitivity is extended only slightly into the infrared range, not above 900nm wavelengths. If this film is used with anything other than a deep red filter, it behaves as any ordinary B&W film. However, combine this film with HOYA's near opaque R72 filter, and you get infrared! Pure infrared filters (eg. HOYA R90), will not work as they also block out the lower end of the infrared spectrum, to which this film is sensitive. The R72 filter blocks out light with a wavelength below only 720nm, most true IR filters block out wavelengths below 900nm - the Ilford's film's sensitivity does not extend into this range!

 

It works with my EOS 3, and your EOS 3000 uses a similar film advance system! The wavelength used by the camera, is outside the range of the Ilford film!

 

What the camera body is made from is immaterial with this film, as it is not sensitive to X-rays.

 

Go on, give it a go!

 

Regards, Nick.

Nick, thank you very much for your comment and the detailed piece of advice. I do appreciate it. Having read the film's data sheet, I guess it will be a bit tricky as far as correct exposure is concerned, but well, I will bracket. I will decide about buying the filter once and if my lens is repaired. Otherwise I would have to look for a new one which would tighten my budget. Do you have any information about the wavelenght of the sprocket hole counter diodes used in Canon bodies ? I tried to find it on the net, without much success. Best regards. Peter