> I have an Ensign Ranger II 6x9 folder adapted to use infra-red film.
> It has a piece of Lee Filters no 87 IR filter fitted behind the lens.
> And before the conversion, it took cracking pics.
>That's the worst place to put the filter.
In theory. But it keeps my fumbling fingers off it. A Lee No. 87 filter
marks easily.
>> I have so far used it with the lens extended and the bellows wrapped
>> in cooking foil.
>Okay, now that might be interesting if you include the foil cap for the guy
>nutz enough to want a camera that won't fold anymore and looks like it's
>ready for the oven.
Read the leaflet that comes with Maco IR film and you'd never take the
lens cap off. It took me ages to summon the courage to keep my eyes open
when I triggered the shutter. I've rather taken to the tinfoil
underpants, though.
>> And before the conversion, it took cracking pics.
>No Mary Jane pics?
Nope, just huge 3:2 negs that look like super-fine-grain in-your-dreams
35mm or a million pounds worth of digital.

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j - 19 Nov 2006 14:27 GMT
> Read the leaflet that comes with Maco IR film and you'd never take the
> lens cap off.
:) I have used Maco IR, Paul and their warning about loading 120 only in
darkness is perfectly incorrect. I loaded it under a tree, and in the car on
bright days with absolutely no fogging at all.
I do _not_ know how impenetrable a bellows might be, however. (For that and
LF I use a completely non-fiberous bellows.)
> I've rather taken to the tinfoil underpants, though.
Damn! Great Idea! But it's just too late for Halloween!