I have yet to use PMK and HIE together, weather permitting i am going to shoot a roll or two of HIE tomorrow, and was thinking of developing the film in PMK. I usually develop my HIE for 6 min in HC-110 dil. B at 65f. i expose it at anywhere from 200 to 800 (asa) depending on the subjects, light quality, and desired effects. The time i came up with is 12 min at "1 to 1 to 100", 68f. Does anyone out there that shoots HIE in the manner that i am accostmed to (with very nice results) process it in PMK? Is the 12 min time right? If not what exposure/dev adjustment is needed to yield a nice neg? thanks a bunch, Sean

-- Sean (ZBeeblebrox42@yahoo.com), July 14, 1999

Answers

Exposed at EI 50 using an incident meter (NOT TTL) and a #25 filter, 12 minutes works fine for HIE. This would be about the same exposure as EI400 thru the filter with a TTL meter.

-- John Lehman (ffjal@uaf.edu), July 19, 1999.

I am assuming that HIE is Kodak High Speed Infrared, right? I develop this film in PMK for 20-22 minutes at 68F after a 2 minute pre-soak in distilled water with a couple of drops of Edwal LFN wetting agent. Be sure to mix your working solution with distilled water. Hope this is usefull.

-- Michael D Fraser (mdfraser@earthlink.net), July 22, 1999.