Re:Possibility of loading B&W IR HIE in daylight?

[Gary Beasley <beasleyglb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:01:16 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Rolland Elliott <rolland_elliott@xxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Possibility of loading B&W IR HIE in daylight?
>
>I think it's possible to load HIE in daylight, without
>fogging, but it will take a little bit of advanced
>work. Below is my theory on how it can be done. 
>In complete darkness open up the film casette and tape
>a piece of black paper (a 35mm by 1 foot piece of
>paper cut from a scrap of medium format 120 paper
>leader would work nicely) to the film. Now roll up the
>paper leader around the film and you'll end up with a
>spool of IR film protected from light; it will just be
>the spool, without the metal canister. You just have
>to be very careful that the roll does not come
>unwound! So I suggest putting a rubberband around the
>roll. Also it might be necessary to use a shorter
>length of film to make sure everything fits within the
>small plastic spool. (Similar to 220 medium format
>films). 
>
>I know someone who's sits all day on their butt
>surfing the web is going to say it won't work because
>the IR light will bend around the edges of the paper
>leader and fog the film. To this I reply: Get out and
>try it before you dismiss my idea. It should work,
>since I've done similar work with 120 IR film. See my
>web site www.homestead.com/infrared 
>The biggest potential problem is that when you go to
>unload your rewound film it won't be rewound tighly,
>and will thus fog.
>
>Peace Rolland Elliott 
>
Who says the cassette has to be discarded to use this technique? There
should be enough room inside to just tape to the leader and roll a few
wraps inside. A reloadable cassette may work best so you can remove the
felt for easier passage of the film/paper splice. Sounds like a workable
idea Rolland, too bad I only shoot Konica 120 :-).
Gary Beasley
http://beasleyglb.home.mindspring.com/

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