Re: Kodak Infrared freshness

[siteseer <siteseer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

        I totally agree.  I load the camera with HIE in a changing bag in a
mostly dark room, and load it into my Patterson tank after sunset in a
totally dark room (when I know there is no sun to pour IR into a room I
think is dark), but I process in light.  No problem, so save yourself the
trauma of grabbing the wrong cup of chemical in the dark and knocking stuff
over, and operate in the light.

At 03:41 PM 10/20/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 03:38 PM 10/20/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>I would not take chances with Kodak infrared. In fact, being that I obsess
>>about the developing stage, I also load AND develop it in total darkness.
>>Mostly because I use the plastic tank and reels.
>
>Developing it in total darkness does sound a bit obsessive, unless your
>tank is a cheapie. I've had no problems with my Paterson double reel
>plastic tank - the film base appears perfectly clear.



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