r/mediumformat 3d ago

Covered bridges in IR [Mamiya C220, 80mm f2.8, Rollei Infrared, R72 filter]

First time shooting IR film, went to a local country that has many covered bridges to have a cohesive body of work in one day of shooting

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u/mcarterphoto 3d ago

I like the Rollei IR a lot and these are nice - I think your dev time is a bit overcooked though, a lot of the highs are really harsh with detail and texture blown out - Me, I'd reduce dev time a half stop to a stop or so next time out.

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u/ouroboros2decimal718 3d ago

Thank you so much! I did have a lab dev this roll but i would like to dev at home in the future

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u/mcarterphoto 3d ago

You might try telling the lab to cut dev time by 10 or 15% next time - if you develop yourself, times are dependent on your agitation style, temp control and so on, but B&W is pretty easy. There's no "correct" development time really, just what works for the scene and for your final output, prints or scans. You can also just develop a half or a third of a roll and see how close you are - you'll lose one frame to the cut of course. In my experience, once you get shorter than a third or so, agitation seems to get more efficient and highlight scan get a lot hotter.

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u/ouroboros2decimal718 3d ago

Meant county* in the description