Re: Kodak Hie Dev.

[boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Long)]

On Fri, 20 Sep 1996 21:30:57 +0100, Bobbie Doyle wrote:

|The roll of film that I used had been in the freezer since 1994. Actually
|the negatives turned out better than any I have shot. I used ASA 2000
|metered TTL and TTF (#25) I also loaded the film in subdued light and only
|lost the first shot. So, I don't know if the high contrast was due to the
|developer or to the age of the film.

Unless it had thawed and refrozen, HIE in the freezer since 1994
should be as good as new, I should think.  And my impression is that
contrast goes down, rather than up, as film ages--partly because
background fog goes up.  Or is that peculiar to the particular
outdated films I've tried?


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