RE: HIE in 120/220

["George L Smyth" <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-infrared@xxxxx [mailto:owner-infrared@xxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Willem-Jan Markerink
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 7:51 AM
> To: infrared@xxxxx
> Subject: Re: HIE in 120/220
>
> On  2 Mar 00 at 22:53, PeteScherm@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> The stock answer that Kodak gives is the difficulty of keeping the
> light from "piping" through the entire film if a perfect seal between the
> spool ends and the backing paper cannot be maintained.  I don't know if
that
> makes sense, but the net result is:  No anti-halation coating equals too
> risky a situation with roll film.  I would guess that 220 would be even
less
> likely.

Well, like I said, the fact is that Kodak would have to retool to make 120
available.  This comes from people who worked intimately with infrared films
at Kodak.  They lose money with the current line, and would have to incur
the costs of retooling to make available a film that would have even less of
a consumer base than HIE.  It just wouldn't make any sense to do so.

george

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