Anyone used a Kood R72 Filter?

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My Infrared photography bug wont go away and im now looking at the option of getting one of these.

My question before I part with my money is are they any good? :shrug:

Thanks for any help.
 
Anyone have a view on this before I bite the bullet?
 
Its great fun - the results you can get are stunning. I have a cokin version but they'll do essentially the same thing.
 
JackMcIntyre said:
Yes it is - if anything the Hoya is better because there's a lot less/no chance of light leaks.
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Im actually looking at the Kood R72 because its a bit cheaper, but I cant find many places that sell its accept for Surrey photography supplies and I have no idea whether they are decent or not :shrug:
 
IanC said:
Im actually looking at the Kood R72 because its a bit cheaper, but I cant find many places that sell its accept for Surrey photography supplies and I have no idea whether they are decent or not :shrug:
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There are quite a few on the 'bay for £15 for 58mm ones - they can't really be that bad. Although they don't seem to be branded.
 
I've got the Kood R72 here... My girlfriend bought it for me a couple of years ago but it's not seen much use since I've upgraded stuff. It'll currently only fit on my 85mm and 100mm so the use is a bit limited.

I've noticed a 'hot patch' in the middle of the images at these focal lengths but I never noticed it on 'kit' lenses.

They're not that expensive so it's got to be worth a punt. :)
Si
 
Spiritflier said:
I've got the Kood R72 here... My girlfriend bought it for me a couple of years ago but it's not seen much use since I've upgraded stuff. It'll currently only fit on my 85mm and 100mm so the use is a bit limited.

I've noticed a 'hot patch' in the middle of the images at these focal lengths but I never noticed it on 'kit' lenses.

They're not that expensive so it's got to be worth a punt. :)
Si
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This list may heed some explanation to your problems. ;)

http://www.lensplay.com/lenses/lens_infra_red_IR.html
 
JackMcIntyre said:
There are quite a few on the 'bay for £15 for 58mm ones - they can't really be that bad. Although they don't seem to be branded.
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Yeah my lens has a 72mm thread size which seems to make it more expensive unfortunately!
 
I use a 58mm Kood R72 on 120 Rollei IR film..
All I can say is it works perfectly and I haven't seen any patchiness, bit of vignetting maybe but that's it.
 
joxby said:
I use a 58mm Kood R72 on 120 Rollei IR film..
All I can say is it works perfectly and I haven't seen any patchiness, bit of vignetting maybe but that's it.
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Thanks for the feedback John, Im just trying to find one now :thumbs:
 
Kood is just a brand name, I wouldn't worry to much about it. The most important thing when dealing with IR filters is how much visible light they let through. Even the popular Hoya R72 will let some visible light through. Basically any 720nm filter will do the same job.

665nm filters let quite a fair amount of visible light through (False Colour IR)
720nm will, when channel swapped, will give a pleasing blue sky
850nm filters will render your IR images virtually Black & White.

Hope this helps?
 
Many thanks John, I got a Hoya R72 in the end from amazon
 
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