Re: HIE in 120/BAD NEWS

[Ken Sinclair <photo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Mr645@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> Well, since there was some interest, I called Kodak and iquired as to the
>> exact dollar amount that would need to be ordered.
>>   They told me that they have tried to put the HIE and EIR in 120, but were
>> unable to get it packaged without fogging the film.  It is impracticle
>>to get
>> the film packaged in 120 and maintain a consistantly unfogged product.
>>   Kodak has developed sensors that can detect any fogging or emulsion
>>defects
>> as films are being produced, but this sensor is, of course, and infrared
>> sensor and cannot be used to monitor IR products.
>>   I did come up with another idea.  The HIE does come in 4x5, and perhaps
>> shooting 4x5 sheets is an RZ or RB Quadra back would work.
>
>This is too bad, as they could simply include instructions to load in
>the dark.  I don't know about problems with medium format cameras, but
>there wouldn't be any problems with my roll back.
>
>A while back I was going to go in with a few other people to make a
>minimum purchase of 8X10 HSI but it fell apart.  It's always difficult
>to get these things together.
>
>george
>
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