[LargeFormat] A better way

[Richard Knoppow]

At 11:10 PM 08/07/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Richard,
>
>Not to be picky, but  .  .  .  IIRC, the Kodachrome backing was actually
>called jet.  Remjet was/is the bath/solution which was used to remove
>it, hence the name.  I used to mix that stuff up, and as I recall, it
>was mostly sodium sulfite.
>
>Karl Wolz
>
I just checked the Kodak web site. I think the backing itself is called
Remjet. The following, for instance, describes some methods of removing it
from motion picture film. 
http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/support/processing/h242/h2402_02.s
html
  Kodak seems to be using another method of anti-halation these days. The
new release print and intermediate stocks don't have Remjet. They appear to
be using an internal anti-halation layer in combination with an anti-static
coating of some sort which survives processing. Part of the function of
Remjet was to drain off static charges. 
 All this has nothing to do with LF. Whatever its called its found only on
35mm and 16mm film. 
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com