Re: So, how do *you* load your HIE

["Elton N. Kaufmann - Cycloid Fathom Group" <cycloid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I guess after the discussion some time ago on the list about heat and IR
light in HIE's spectral range not being the same, I am not very surprised
at these reports.  I wouldn't expect HIE that gets warm in the dark to fog
any more or less than most B&W films.  I cooked some rolls of FX (in the
old days) and PX, Tmax, FP4, etc. on a very hot day for hours in the trunk
(boot) of a car.  They were clearly damaged and the fogging pattern was
very different than what one would expect of being light struck.  I keep my
film in a cool dark place because of that experience, but no more so for
HIE than the other stuff.

								EltonK

>
>I regularly change my 35mm HIE in a generic changing bag, and never have
>had any problems - in fact last summer I was very surprised. 
>
>My main camera bag is black, and I had put the HIE in the front pouch - and
>left it sitting for 30 minutes face up im blazing sunlight. When I got it
>into the changing bag to load, the metal canister was hot (not warm) to thr
>touch when I got it out of the plastic film container. I was pretty sure
>the film was fogged beyond hope, but it was my last roll that day, so i
>used it. It processed without a problem, and produced one of my best images
>of the summer. THis is not endorsing cooking HIE before use, but it sure
>surprised me that it wasn't fogged.
>
>Eric Boutilier-Brown
>Photographer, Nova Scotia, Canada
>
>
>...I might add that I travelled to Mexico and Guatamala, and on an other
>occasion to India both periods of a month with relative high temperature
>(compaired to Holland..;-)..) without any fogging on my HIE..(obviously I
>did not cool them, just kept them in my Photobag and backpack..)
>
>Cor Breukel

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