Re: Sending Kodak HIE through an airport scanner

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Date sent:      	Thu, 6 May 1999 18:23:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:           	Henry Wagner <henryw@xxxxxxxxx>
To:             	INFRARED@xxxxx
Subject:        	Sending Kodak HIE through an airport scanner
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> Hi Ho,
> 
> Over the weekend I shot my first roll of Kodak HIE, and got some less than
> exciting results. I loaded the film in complete darkness (hotel bathroom
> with the lights off). There was a little light coming in under the door.
> Set the camera at ASA 200, 1/125th shutter, and experimented with the f
> stops. A couple shots are nice, but look just like plan old B&W shots.
> Overall most shots seem over exposed. One thing I'm wondering about is, I
> didn't have a chance to unload the film before flying home so the camera
> when through the airport scanner with the film still loaded, and not
> rewound. I unloaded the film at home, in complete darkness. Would the
> airport scanner cause problems?

No, the airport scanner will not hurt your infrared film.  Did you use 
a filter?  If not, the visible light will overwhelm the infrared radiation, 
and your results will look similar to Tri-X.  Use of a #25 filter 
reduces the amount of visible light passing through to the film and 
will dramatically change things.

Cheers -

george

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