Re: Doh! Opened infrared roll for 1 second in light

[Ben Kreunen <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:52 PM 11/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm not sure what everyone does when they develop their HIE film, but I
>prefer to develop in complete darkness.  My Art Photography class I'm
>teaching this semester has allowed me to see some experimentation with the
>Kodak IR film.
>  All of the students process with the lights on, which has resulted in no
>fogging.
>I just like to be extra careful.

If you've never had any fogging with IR film then whether it's loading, 
unloading or developing it's always worth testing the limits to find out 
under what conditions it does fog and how badly at that.  Needless to say 
you don't want to try shooting a masterpiece when you're doing it or you'll 
hate yourself but why stuff around treating a film carefully in 
circumstances where it may not be necessary. I like to know for myself when 
things will go wrong rather than simply do what other people recommend 
because they think something might happen.
Cheers

Ben

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