achew: Yes, it is.

Or whatever is the cheapest film in the shop. Expired also can. You don't need a 36-frame roll, just a 12-frame or 24-frame will do. All photo shops have film processing facilities. You pull it out to expose to light for a few seconds, and immediately ask them to process.

Yes they will have a shocked expression on their face.

However, if you do not pull out the film to expose, you will end up with a transparent amber film strip, which is not useful for infrared use.

Tell them you do not want pictures, you just want the film to be put in the machine and run through the chemical process. The C-41 process will 'fix' the picture etched on the film.



You have a proper IR filter if it is as dark as the tone on the left; on the right is because you didn't expose it long enough.

I also made an infrared lamp before:


ieR: One of my friends bought the 55-200mm DT SAM to compare to his 55-200mm DT. It was indeed faster in focusing. (However, he then sold the lens to his friend; it was just to test.) He does not have an A550.

MechaHerc: I bring my film strip to TTs sometimes just that I have not figured out how to fasten it to a pop-up flash conveniently like the flash gels.

This post has been edited by albnok: Nov 20 2009, 10:19 PM