Re: HIE grain question

["Tim Rudman" <tim.rudman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I do this in two ways when it suits.
1) is to under develop and get thin flattish negs which I then print on Gr.5
with a pre dev bleach to bring down contrast to say gr.2 but hold bright
highlights of gr5 - which is actually a gr. 3.5 on account of the
development.
2) of course is lith printing which gives wonderfully smooth creamy
highlights/mid tones with hard shadows (if required)
Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Hondo <btl3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: infrared@xxxxx <infrared@xxxxx>
Date: 08 March 1999 19:21
Subject: HIE grain question


>I hate to bring up an issue that has probably been dealt with a million
>times, but....here goes:
>
>I love the look of Kodak HIE. However, I hate the grain.
>
>I use D-76 at 68 degrees, for a time of 10 minutes with agitation every
>30 seconds (which consists of 3 or 4 twists of the agitator knob on an
>old bakelite dev tank that I have).
>
>Can anyone suggest something that might minimize the grain as much as
>possible? I know that if I really want less grain I should use another
>brand of film, but I just can't part with the look of HIE. I can deal
>with grain, I'd just like to minimize it as much as possible.
>
>Thanks for the help -  Brian
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