Re: cause and cure - black spots!

[boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Long)]

On Fri, 29 Nov 1996 14:42:13 +0000 (GMT), you wrote:

|Can someone tell what causes the black spots where highlights occur on=20
|Kodak HIE negatives ? Is it the fact that the film base is clear and =
when=20
|you get a highlight, the point of light 'spreads' on the film?=20

You got it.  Any high-contrast boundary gets somewhat blurred, and any
bright area pickup up foggy looking shadows because of the omission of
an antihalation backing.

|How can this be avoided - surely if you shorten the exposure to limit =
the=20

Ummm...  Have you tried Konica?  Maybe not a viable solution for your
purposes, but I don't know of any other.  I just live with the "halos"
of HIE images and sometimes try to dodge the results a bit.

Bob Long
(boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx)

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