Re: Contamination by Infrared radiation

[Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:44 10/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> "Any film fixer will do, but I prefer Kodak's Rapid Fix. Once you use the
>> fixer, store it in a seperate jug labeled "IR Fix." This way, you won't
>> contaminate your other films with infrared radiation."
>
>This is obviously wrong. Why? Because the non-IR films are
>not sensitive to infrared radiation ;-)    ;-)     ;-)
>
>Dave Horn	;-)

And even if they were sensitive to it, by the time they're in the fixer it's
too late for then to be "contaminated" by it anyway. The author of that
amazing recommendation should be sent a certificate of infrared photography
misinformation providorship- it could look quite good framed, hanging on a
wall, from a distance. Still, maybe she was suffering from the Wood effect
at the time...

Joe Berenbaum

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