KODAK HIE infrared expired

equalizer

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• Oct 15, 2007

• #1

Hello all

I have a kodak HIE infrared expired from July. Is it ok if I use it now or is it very sensitive and is now useless? (note: I have it in the fridge since March)

 

Sanjay Sen

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• Oct 15, 2007

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IMHO, the best way to find out is to shoot with it and see! It will probably be fine, otherwise you may come up with an interesting image, who knows?!


Best wishes,
Sanjay

 

rusty71

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• Oct 15, 2007

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I'm sure it's fine. I have a stock of HIE expired in 2004. I keep it in a deep freeze in my cellar. So far no fogging at all.

 

htmlguru4242

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• Oct 15, 2007

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Should be fine. I've used 6-month old, refrigerated HIE a few times in the past, and it's been fine.

 

msage

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• Oct 16, 2007

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equalizer said:

Hello all

I have a kodak HIE infrared expired from July. Is it ok if I use it now or is it very sensitive and is now useless? (note: I have it in the fridge since March)

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I am still using film from the last batch of 4x5 and no problem yet!
Michael

 

walter23

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• Oct 16, 2007

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I have some pretty ruined HIE in 4x5, but it's 10 or 15 years expired, was handled by multiple people and exposed to who knows what before I got it, and still gives me some nice images (though sometimes they are ruined by black spots. As a rule, if I care about it, I shoot it twice with this film).

If yours is just a couple months out of date it's probably fine.