Developing Rollei IR400 in HC-110, Rodinal, and Xtol

[@mauritsotterloo9745]

Thank you for sharing!

[@jonathanhotopf1823]

Might go with Xtol in the future, used HC110 in the past and thought the speed was faster than I expected, makes sense now. Great piece by the way.

[@MrPeterBjoerk]

Great video, well done! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@RobertBergan]

Definitely try rodinol 1:50. Try shooting this film with no IR filter and an extra 1 to 2 mins development, Gives a nice contrast.

[@mynewcolour]

This was great. I wonder if these results are somewhat applicable to Rollei 400s (I think it’s very similar, or even the same film).

[@BillPutnamPhoto]

Hi, what did you mean about EI 25 with the IR filter and metered as normal? Thanks.

[@Shaka1277]

Hey, I just mean that I didn't try to meter through the filter. I know that EI 25 with a 715 nm filter works, so I just set my meter to 25 and used it as I normally would.

[@BillPutnamPhoto]

​@@Shaka1277​sounds like you're keeping the film in camera at ISO 400, metering at EI 25 then setting the aperture/shutter to the light meter reading. Am I understanding that correctly?

[@Shaka1277]

You are!

[@Narsuitus]

Thanks for a very useful video. I shoot digital black & white infrared and now want to try film infrared. Your video informed me that 4x5 infrared sheet film was available and was cost-effective when compared to 35mm and medium format roll-film. Also, I had planned on using Dektol film developer but from your video, I learned that Dektol does not work well with the thin 4x5 inch infrared sheet film.

[@Shaka1277]

I'm delighted to hear it was helpful in some way!

[@robfield3911]

Hi, thanks for the video. Did you settle on a good development time for Rollei Infrared using Xtol (replenished method in Patterson tanks)?

[@Shaka1277]

I did! 10:00 at 20 °C has worked really well so far. Density is good but the contrast isn't excessive.

[@tomstaunton1804]

Where Pyrocat

[@RobertBergan]

Also check out youtube channel the negative for an explanation on when to use rodinol 1:50 or 1:25.