Re: HIE in T-MAX reversal kit

[Marco Pauck <pauck@xxxxxx>]

Otto Giesenfeld wrote:
> This weekend, I tried developing HIE in the Kodak T-MAX 100 Direct Positive
> Film Development Outfit, something others have reportedly done with
> success. I exposed the film through a B+W 092 filter (89B equivalent) and
> metered with a handheld meter, bracketing with five exposures between EI
> 100 and EI 1600. For all seven subjects that fit on the roll, the EI 200 or
> EI 400 shot turned out best.
> 
> Just to check the correctness of my processing, I also developed a roll of
> T-MAX 100 in the same small stainless steel tank. All frames on that roll
> were metered at EI 50, as recommended by Kodak. The resulting pictures were
> perhaps a little bit underexposed, but all in all they came out very nicely.
> 
> Now to the problem: While the dark or unexposed areas of the T-MAX slides
> are completely black (you can just about see the filament of a halogen lamp
> through them), unexposed areas of the HIE film look gray when viewed in
> front of a strong light source. And, most importantly, in practice, the
> projected HIE slides look a bit dull due to the lack of density.
[...]
> Could anyone who has some experience with HIE in this chemistry comment on
> the maximum density to be expected--especially compared to T-MAX 100
> developed using the same procedure.

I have no own experiences with this but I would guess that
your problem is simply caused by the characteristics of HIE.
It has a higher base fog (Dmin) and a lesser Dmax than TMX.

You might want to give MACO's IR820c a try. It is probably
better suited for reversal processing.

	Marco
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