Kodak HIE as a slide Wow! Mirror at the film plane.

["Rolland Elliott" <rolland_elliott@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

O.K. I finally tried it. I developed two rolls of Kodak HIE as a slide via 
Kodak's TMax Reverals Kit. After looking at the slides, all I can say is, 
"Why didn't I try this sooner?"

I guess I haven't tried it sooner because I hate testing film & developer 
combinations and was rather skeptical of past posts that claimed a 2 to 3 
stop gain in film speed. Well, after looking at my results, I can confirm 
that this is true.  I used Kodak HIE with an 87 filter mounted at the film 
rails. I also replaced my typical film pressure plate with a mirror.

Typical daylight exposure was about 1/200 at f/11 in bright daylight with 
the 87 filter.  Developing it as a negative film, my typical exposure would 
have been about 1/30 at f/11, about a 2 & 2/3 stops gain in speed. Very 
nice.

As far as using a mirror goes, I believe it increased halation slightly, but 
not to any great extent; the regular pressure plate I use, is pretty 
reflective already , and looks like the dull side of aluminum foil when 
viewed with an IR camcorder. (many camera pressure plates that are anodized 
black have this property)  I'll probably leave it in the camera.  Past posts 
on this list have speculated that using a mirror would give you an 
overexposed useless image. My testing proves this is not so.

The benefits I see are as follows:
1) increased film speed
2) I don't have the time to make many prints, so slides are the easy way 
out.
3) I can display my work at the local camera club I joined during our slide 
competitions.
4) Not that hard to do, since the chemistry can be used at room temperature.

Peace Rolland Elliott



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