On Mon, 17 Aug 1998 11:00:17 -0600, Stephen Butt wrote:

>Hi there, I recently did some experimenting with my camera bodies and
>HIE. In the past I had always loaded the HIE into my Canon A1 as it has
>a metal body and no film window, but this is not always the easiest
>camera to load inside a changing bag as you have to get the film leader
>into the slot on the take up spool. To make a long story short, I
>decided to load HIE in my T90 which is a carbonate body with a film
>window. I shot a few frames, then left the camera sit on the sideboard
>in the bright sunlight all day, then shot the rest of the frames and
>developed. NO FOGGING!! The other mith about HIE that I have recently
>shattered is the requirement to keep it COLD. I recently spent 3 weeks
>in the south of France with no way to keep the film cold. The
>temperature was in the low 90's every day, and the film even spent a few
>days in the trunk of the car....again NO FOGGING. As far as loading and
>unloading in darkness goes, I have found that to be necessary. If you
>load HIE in sunlight the first few frames will get fogged. I guess the
>moral of the story is to experiment to see what works/dosen't work.

To the above I would add that the HIE film can be loaded in dim
B&W safelight - and that is safer for the camera's shutter...! ;-)