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["Stan Patz" <skp113@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

To the group,

I can see by the recent flurry of posts about the "pinhole" problem that 
there is a large, residual base of frustration out there.

Once again, there are suggestions that reticulation from abrupt temperature 
changes or over-acidic shortstop might be to blame for the voids in the 
emulsion. (In this current exchange, no one mentioned dust.) These 
situations could damage your film, but the results would be gross - large 
damaged areas - and good darkroom technique will eliminate the problem.

The pinholes I find in almost all my 4x5 HSI (even in the film sent to me by 
Kodak) are created in the emulsion coating process by minute particles in 
the anti-halation layer migrating into the image forming layer. This 
explanation was offered to me by Steve Hedges at Kodak in a conversation on 
8/10/98. I have since spoken with and written to Dick Johnson,  Kodak Dept 
MTS, about the problem. In November '98, I sent Johnson a packet of Email 
messages and posts from this group with complaints about pinholes. He 
eventually told me he hoped Kodak would solve the problem "by the end of the 
year" ('99).

I am really upset that Kodak makes a defective product… but consider the 
alternatives. These Kodak guys are sympathetic and would like the production 
line to be changed. But, there is the dark suggestion that if it is too 
costly to fix, Kodak could drop the film. Is this just an intimidating 
bluff?

In any case, I will compile a few recent posts into another letter to Dick 
Johnson and ask him how it is going.

Stan Patz   NYC


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