Re: Kodak HIE & 4x5 Film Holders

[Scott Donkin <photos@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:57 PM 08/12/96 +0000, you wrote:
>I just remembered something that I left out of my post on 4x5 HIE. It
>"fingerprints" very easily. The first couple of boxes I exposed had
>irregular clear markings around the edges that under a loupe turned out to
>be fingerprints. 

And the cause for much swearing.  8-(

>Wearing cotton   
>gloves to load and unload the holders solved that one. I've done it with
>all of my sheet films since.

The cotton gloves, for me, are the source of too many dust / lint marks.

Surgical gloves may be a good choice, although I have not tried it.  They
may, on the other hand, be too "tacky" and cause abrasions to the film??

I've practiced my loading to a point where I don't fingermark the sheets -
that is, I handle only by the edges and slot the film into a film holder
that is laying on my bench.


Cya...

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