Response to Kodak HIE problems

Interesting insight Terry. I shoot so little 35mm that I completely forget about the markings. I'll remember that one. Erin, you can still print these negs although they will be very grainy. Are they very very dark but with a definate image? If so you may be able to salvage some very interesting images. Get some farmer's reducer and snip a few (4-6) frames. Pre-soak the frames in distilled water for 3-4 mins and then bleach them for 30 secs. Keep a close eye on them so if they start looking like they are being bleached too much you can remove them and dunk them in fixer to stop the bleaching action. If they aren't clearer then dip them in the bleach for another 30 secs and see if this helps. The shadows (clear areas of film) should become somewhat clear on the neg. Dry them and print with a #2 filter. If this test strip isn't contrasty enough go to a #5 filter and see how that prints. When this strip of negs is bleached enough you should see image into the midtones. You won't see anything in the highlights at all. The bleach isn't that selective. The printing times will be very long. Could be up to 5 minutes. You should be able to salvage something from them. Let us know how they come out. James

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