Film Format: 35mm Film Colour & Type: Colour Negative (C-41) ISO: 400 Grain: Normal Contrast: High Colour Balance: Not Applicable Exposure Latitude: Moderate Latitude DX Coding: Yes Film Development Process: Colour (C-41) Perfect for: 🏔️ Landscapes, 🏛️ Architecture, and 🎨 Creative/Abstract
Description
Rollei Infrared is the optimum creative tool, this 35mm film can be shot in two different ways.
First - as a straight black and white film ISO 400, with a slight ghostly result due to the infrared sensitivity. Alternatively you pair it with a deep red filter to disproportionately focus on the IR spectrum!
Trees will be bright white, people will glow, the sky will be dark black, and you will be rewarded with some of the most dramatic images straight out of the camera. Note that this will increase the necessary exposure significantly (it will respond at sensitivity of ~ISO 12-25)
As a company Rollei is most famous for it's cameras - particularly the iconic twin-lens Rolleiflex - but this German-based company founded in 1920 has also had a long history of making B&W films. Unfortunately the parent company didn't survive the digital revolution of the 90s/00s but the brand survives today under licence to AgfaPhoto - who continue to support emulsions old and new.
For more information about the brand check out our bio of Rollei
When you buy your camera film from us we can ship it across the UK, Europe, USA, New Zealand, Australia and Canada (more countries planned soon!) So buy your Rollei Infrared Film 35mm Infrared ISO 400 today and dive back into the fun of 35mm film photography!
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First time using IR film and was expecting much worse results. I didn't use an IR filter for this one so they are all RGBIR images.
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Chris B. (Hunstanton, GB)
Rollei Infrawrecked..?
I don't know what I did wrong with this. Tried all the filters - red, orange etc, like what Paul says in his video.
Forgot the bit that said expose it at 12-25 ISO, but that didn't go Infrared anyway, that came out like a normal B&W film with a nice bit of contrast instead.
I'm reversing my ferret on this one looking at the scans again, as they're not too bad for a £9 a roll film. Quite sharp too. Just not quite what I was hoping for, probably my fault.
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ian m. (Buckie, GB)
A great film for weird results
I thought i would give this film a try as I've never done IR before and i wasn't disappointed. I got some great other worldly photos from the roll. Ill be shooting more of this in the summer.
I used an IR720 and 850 filter. Thoroughly recommend if you want some weird photos in your collection.
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Dave F. (Holyhead, GB)
Great fun
This was great fun to use, quite challenging leaning a new skill got some good results
First time using IR film and was expecting much worse results. I didn't use an IR filter for this one so they are all RGBIR images.
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Chris B. (Hunstanton, GB)
Rollei Infrawrecked..?
I don't know what I did wrong with this. Tried all the filters - red, orange etc, like what Paul says in his video.
Forgot the bit that said expose it at 12-25 ISO, but that didn't go Infrared anyway, that came out like a normal B&W film with a nice bit of contrast instead.
I'm reversing my ferret on this one looking at the scans again, as they're not too bad for a £9 a roll film. Quite sharp too. Just not quite what I was hoping for, probably my fault.
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ian m. (Buckie, GB)
A great film for weird results
I thought i would give this film a try as I've never done IR before and i wasn't disappointed. I got some great other worldly photos from the roll. Ill be shooting more of this in the summer.
I used an IR720 and 850 filter. Thoroughly recommend if you want some weird photos in your collection.
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Dave F. (Holyhead, GB)
Great fun
This was great fun to use, quite challenging leaning a new skill got some good results
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A C. (Frankfurt am Main, DE)
Stunning results possible
I previously gave this film a middling review, as I felt it a bit costly and inferior to alternatives like Adox HR50. I take it back. In 35mm format, you can achieve excellent results with an IR filter. just watch the developer. It likes Xtol-like developers (I used one by Bellini). It does NOT like caffenol.
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Charlie E. (London, GB)
Cool vibe
Cool to use but I didn’t use a filter
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Ric S. (Kensington, GB)
Very impressed
I was surprised, in the best possible way when I received the scans for this roll of film. I had taken it in my bag as my back up roll, I prefer to shoot with colour most of the time and had kept this for a rainy day, but the contrast, grain and detail in the shadows blew my mind a little, and the scans hardly needed any editing. I'd definitely buy again. I may have even captured a ghost on one image shot in a 12th Century castle, where there is a suspect light orb trail!
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Jim B. (London, GB)
Stunning effects with R72 filter
Cheapest and in my opinion the best monochrome IR film on the market. It has a nice pounchy grain structure and great wood effect, but does lack details in the midtones which can work in your favour depending on the effect you are looking to achieve.
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Pete N. (Eastleigh, GB)
Potentially great
My first roll of this. I used a red filter on the entire roll, and in hindsight I should have taken a few shots without it to see a true comparison. Saying that, when it works it's great, but a lot of the time I was a little underwhelmed. Takes a bit of practise and getting used to, I would say.
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Anthony R. (Glasgow, GB)
Infrared Newbie
Finally decided to have a go of infrared, and this is a perfect gateway film. Still very much learning, after running two rolls through a Pentax ME Super, with a fairly basic 50mm lens (looking to get a wider, sharper lens) and a 720nm filter.
Takes a little while to understand which surfaces are going to reflect IR, and that the camera metering is only a very rough guide. Came back to find more, only to see it was sold out. That I was disappointed tells you that I really did like this film. Going to try to Rollei 200 instead, so I've got a comparison.
Developed at home in a tank, so won't get professional results, but it's a really easy film to handle, going onto the reel with no issues, and it dries incredibly quickly. And even more, for scanning (just dSLR and light pad), once dry it doesn't seem to want to curly that much.
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Morgan Y. (Oldham, GB)
Stunning even with short exposure time
First time using IR film. Used a Hoya r72 on a Olympus OM101. Wasn't able to change the exposure time or account for IR focus adjustment, so what I got were slightly underexposed, low contrast images with somewhat of a tilt-shift effect at times. Despite these barriers I was still stunned by the eerieness of the images. I have experimented with digitally colourising these in post and they produce otherworldly day-for-night type shots.
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P.K. (Northampton, GB)
Amazing
I shot it without any filter and results still turned out to be amazing. So beautifully haunting and gothic. The contrast. Deep blackness. It's so ravishing.
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alice (Attleborough, GB)
great high contrast
i am yet to try using this with a proper filter however used without one it is a lovely high contrast b&w film. really love the look and can't wait to try it again with a filter.
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Adrian B. (Devizes, GB)
Great film
With the right IR filter you can get some great shots. Clouds and springtime leaves look amazing.
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Joseph H. (Mill Hill, GB)
So many possibilities
This film is absolutely worth the effort of an IR film and yields beautiful black and white Infrared photos. The R72 filter can be skipped for normal B&W photos. I find the contrast between vegetation and other materials the most interesting thing to play about with on this film.
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Jan D. (Northallerton, GB)
Interesting creative film
I shot this at 400asa with a red filter. The camera had light leak problems but still produced some really interesting images. Turns a blue sky black and really highlights cloud in a blue sky. I think I would have more idea of the sort of subjects to shoot next time. I shot at f16 and f11 to get the depth of focus for the infra red light and this seemed to work well.
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Chris M.
Instead of using a deep red filter to eliminate most of the visible light what happens if I use an orange filter to remove some of the visible light? Would this produce a less obvious IR look (i.e. tone down the white foliage effect etc)?
Analogue Wonderland
Hi Chris, exactly that - the orange filter will offer a more balanced approach with a broader range of tones and less dramatic results compared to the red filter. Have fun shooting Rollei Infrared! - Amy