New HSI

["Stan Patz" <skp113@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Clive wrote:

>Guess I should really test it for pinholes - it seems likely that
>there will be problems with it.

>I still find it hard to understand how a tried, tested and >established 
>process can suddenly cause problems.  Given the controls >that Kodak must 
>have on their internal manufacturing process and >materials I can only 
>assume that the 4x5 HSI production has been >outsourced.

To Clive and the group,

I have shot, or rather tested HSI over the last thirty years. I never used 
the film because I could not beat the pinhole problem. AFAIK, Kodak had the 
problem from day one.

Now, more good and bad(?) news about the new HSI.

Since the stuff is so had to load, I decided to do a fingerprint test. I 
photographed some flowers on a lot of black background. In the darkroom, I 
really put my clean, dry but bare fingers all over the emulsion. I thought 
when I processed the film it would look like a police blotter.

No! The film was clear and spot-free! Tomorrow, I will try to run a test on 
a white ground.

The bad news is that the film seems to be shedding dye in the developer. 
After processing a mere ten sheets in a gallon of new D-76, the soup has a 
noticeable gray pallor. It is like the magenta cast TMX leaves in fixer. I 
presume the same benign thing is happening here; that some layer is 
dissolving, but it does not change the effectiveness of the solution. 
Anybody ever hear of this one?

Stan Patz   NYC


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