Kodak Hawkeye 400 - red cast

[newcan1]

I have zillions of feet of Kodak Hawkeye 400 color negative film in my freezer, which as far as I can tell is identical in characteristics to Kodak Ultramax 400. I have speed tested it, and it still holds its own at ISO 400, but scans of the negatives show a reddish cast or a bias toward red in positive images. This can be corrected digitally or optically, but I am interested in getting closer to perfection in the negative itself. Is there any adjustment to the C41 developer formula that I could make that might tend to restrain the red (ie cyan dye in the negative?) Ultramax printed optically has very fine grain, probably the finest until Portra 400 came along, and if I could address this color cast problem, the Hawkeye would probably be my "go to" 35mm color 35mm film for quite some time (I have easily over 1,000 feet).

 

[Cholentpot]

I was chasing some of this stuff on Ebay a little while back. It was trumped as 'Color Tmax 400!!!'

Does it hold up to that? I'm wondering if I should try to track some down.

Sorry, I got no clue about the chems...

 

[MattKing]

This film appears to be intended for traffic cams or surveillance cams. That might explain enhanced red sensitivity.
You might be able to use some sort of colour compensating filters on the camera to help deal with the red-shift (which is probably age related).
In case you don't have it, this is a link to a data sheet: http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/27/0900688a802b0c27/ti2420.pdf

 

[AgX]

Colour films sold for traffic (and other surveillance task) did not have extended red sensitivity.

 

[newcan1]

I was chasing some of this stuff on Ebay a little while back. It was trumped as 'Color Tmax 400!!!'

Does it hold up to that?

As far as I recall, the data sheets showed the characteristics to be identical to Ultramax 400.

 

[newcan1]

You might be able to use some sort of colour compensating filters on the camera to help deal with the red-shift (which is probably age related).
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It may be age related. I could compensate on camera with a cyan filter, but I was wondering if there is a way to alter the developer chemistry to suppress the development of the red sensitive layer a bit.

 

[pentaxuser]

C41, older colour neg film showing red cast? One for PE methinks?

pentaxuser

 

[newcan1]

I thought I had read somewhere that red layer development may be affected by pH, but I am not sure where I saw that or even if I may have dreamed it.