Re: Pinholio strikes again!!

[George L Smyth <glsmyth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Absolutely, without doubt, definitely, contact Kodak and offer to send
negatives to them.  If this is a manufacturing defect then they should
definitely be sending you a replacement box (and I'm sure they will).

george

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On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Eugenie Beuman wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>     I'm going to try to keep this short and sweet. I have a box of HSI
> (sheet film) that is riddled with pinholes. My processing method uses D-76
> and a water stop. The film was purchased from Vistek in Toronto, Canada last
> fall, though at the moment I am living in The Netherlands. I have the box
> and the emulsion number too. Does anyone have any advice as whether or not I
> would have any luck in asking Kodak for help- possibly a replacement box?? I
> shoot a fair amount of this film, but I have to shoot almost 3 times the
> normal amount so that I can salvage a negative that has the least amount of
> pinholes, very much the lesser of 2 evils.  I figure that with all of the
> film I have shot in the past and all of the pinholes I have put up with,
> that a replacement box wouldn't be too far out of line or beyond
> reasonability.
>     Any ideas?
>     Thanks a bunch,
>     Clark
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Don Roberts <droberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Aan: infrared@xxxxx <infrared@xxxxx>
> Datum: maandag 2 augustus 1999 20:30
> Onderwerp: Re: IR FAQ and pinholes (suggestion)
> 
> 
> 
> >> >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).
> >> >
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