Re: MACO IR 820 fogging problems

[Eckhard Stephan <eckhard.stephan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim Rudman wrote:
> 
> Have you sent this info to Maco/Hans O'Mahn ?
> Tim

Sorry, I forgot to send them a carbon copy yesterday - but now I told
them. I think, they know about this problem anyway - otherwise they
probably wouldn't deliver the films in tin boxes ;-)

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eckhard Stephan <eckhard.stephan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <infrared@xxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 8:39 PM
> Subject: Re: MACO IR 820 fogging problems
> 
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I found out the reason why my MACO IR 820 was fogged: The plastic
> > container of the film as well as the tin cassette itself are NOT
> > IR-PROOF. I fogged the film while I let the firmly closed container
> > stand outside the fridge for about half an hour to acquire room
> > temperature. Fortunately it was only one roll...
> > This evening I performed a simple test: I cut off two little pieces of
> > film from a fresh roll of Kodak HIE in my darkroom. I put the first one
> > in a HIE plastic container, which I know to be IR-proof, and the second
> > one in the MACO container. Then I turned on the lights for some minutes.
> > After that I developed the two film pieces as usual. The film from the
> > Kodak container was fine, whereas the one from the MACO container was
> > completely black.
> >
> > This means that YOU MUST NOT OPEN THE TIN CAN OF MACO 135-36 EXCEPT IN
> > ABSOLUTE DARKNESS.
> >
> > Hopefully this warning doesn't come too late...
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Eckhard
> >
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