Kodak Hawkeye film?
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lZr
L&M
Hi Chris
400 ASA. read about here
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-locale=en_US&pq-path=3935
400 ASA. read about here
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-locale=en_US&pq-path=3935
MartinP
Veteran
Ooops, they discontinued it last year . . .
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/fb/0900688a806b04fb/pcn032007_SDR.pdf
Edit: Or possibly thebbulk rolls are still available, just not the cassettes ?
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/documents/fb/0900688a806b04fb/pcn032007_SDR.pdf
Edit: Or possibly thebbulk rolls are still available, just not the cassettes ?
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ChrisN
Striving
Thanks people. Well I have some on the way to me in the post, and hopefully it will be useful!
The specs sheet claims:
KODAK HAWKEYE Surveillance Film is a continuous
tone, black-and-white panchromatic film with extended red
sensitivity created for traffic surveillance recording.
HAWKEYE Surveillance Film is intended for exposure
under daylight, artificial light, or red filtration in night flash
applications.
This film features high speed, wide exposure latitude, and
a wide contrast range, especially compared to other films
intended for this application. Excellent sharpness, resolving
power characteristics, and extremely fine grain allow a high
degree of enlargement.
It sounds interesting. I wonder what effect the extended red sensitivity will have?
The specs sheet claims:
KODAK HAWKEYE Surveillance Film is a continuous
tone, black-and-white panchromatic film with extended red
sensitivity created for traffic surveillance recording.
HAWKEYE Surveillance Film is intended for exposure
under daylight, artificial light, or red filtration in night flash
applications.
This film features high speed, wide exposure latitude, and
a wide contrast range, especially compared to other films
intended for this application. Excellent sharpness, resolving
power characteristics, and extremely fine grain allow a high
degree of enlargement.
It sounds interesting. I wonder what effect the extended red sensitivity will have?
ChrisN
Striving
Well, the film arrived a few days ago, and the seller kindly supplied a pdf spec sheet (which can also be found here.
The spec sheet is quite interesting in that it suggests different developers for different speed ratings; eg if using D-76 rate at 250 iso.
The closest developer I have is Ilford ID-11, which is supposed to be like D-76, so I shot a test roll at 250 and developed for 8 minutes in ID-11 1+1 at 20 degrees C.
A couple of exposures were "deliberately" shot one stop under, and still came out quite good in the even lighting under overcast conditions.
The negs looked a little dark (perhaps over-developed) so I might cut the time back a bit, but they scanned well with a full spread on the histogram and very little adjustment needed.
Here's a couple of shots from that first roll. Next step is to try 250 iso with a shorter dev time, then try for 400 iso and 800 iso. More fun times ahead!
More results here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33116385@N00/sets/72157603899540990/
The spec sheet is quite interesting in that it suggests different developers for different speed ratings; eg if using D-76 rate at 250 iso.
The closest developer I have is Ilford ID-11, which is supposed to be like D-76, so I shot a test roll at 250 and developed for 8 minutes in ID-11 1+1 at 20 degrees C.
A couple of exposures were "deliberately" shot one stop under, and still came out quite good in the even lighting under overcast conditions.
The negs looked a little dark (perhaps over-developed) so I might cut the time back a bit, but they scanned well with a full spread on the histogram and very little adjustment needed.
Here's a couple of shots from that first roll. Next step is to try 250 iso with a shorter dev time, then try for 400 iso and 800 iso. More fun times ahead!
More results here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33116385@N00/sets/72157603899540990/
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Murray Kelly
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Hi Chris. I've been using it among others for 6 mo. My initial reaction was it is a bit contrasty but then I'm an old timer returned to the fold, so to speak, and it has the modern look to it.
I have souped it in Beutler (FX-1), Diafine and some Phen/C/Borax as espoused by Pat Gainer all with acceptible (to me) results. Must be a variant of T-max or somesuch. As you say - with the right developer they claim an EI of 800. I go for an EI of 200 but have some H&W here and am tempted to play with it at much higher ratings for laffs.
I bought 4 reels (600') so I'd better get used to it!
Murray
Brisbane, Oz
I have souped it in Beutler (FX-1), Diafine and some Phen/C/Borax as espoused by Pat Gainer all with acceptible (to me) results. Must be a variant of T-max or somesuch. As you say - with the right developer they claim an EI of 800. I go for an EI of 200 but have some H&W here and am tempted to play with it at much higher ratings for laffs.
I bought 4 reels (600') so I'd better get used to it!
Murray
Brisbane, Oz
ChrisN
Striving
Thanks Murray. Thanks also for the samples you emailed - I'd agree the middle one, with Diafine, looks nicest out of that bunch, and I was surprised how contrasty the third one with Gainer's brew was. I'm finding the scanner makes a big different too; learning how to scan for less contrast then boosting that as needed in post-processing. Easy to add later, less easy to take it away!
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