Re: UV blocker in TMAX100 base?

Sandy,

Would the effect of this when printing a UV sensitive process be to just
increase the exposure time? It sounds like it would increase it by quite a
bit...

Mark Nelson
In a message dated 2/15/04 1:55:58 PM, sanking@clemson.edu writes:

> In testing TMAX 100 film I have come across a curious phenomenon. It
> is the fact that when reading UV density with my densitometer (which
> reads in a fairly narrow band around 373nm)  there appears to be a
> base UV blocker of a little more than log 1.0.
>
> I am wondering if any on the list are currently using TMAX 100 for
> alternative printing in which exposures are by UV light, and if so
> have you noticed any difference in printing times between TMAX 100
> and other films.
>
> So far TMAX 100 is the only film I have tested that has this kind of
> UV blocking in the base.
>
> Sandy King
>
Received on Sun Feb 15 14:26:10 2004