k40 blue stains

[Rigo]

Hi there..

Did you ever get blue dots in processed k40?

[jocko]

only when I was taking drugs>>just kidding..I've seen some wierd color shifts in k-40..but I have neve seen blue dots..as Mr.Hand stated.. to jeff Spicoloi... "I DON"T KNOW"

Neil
JOCKO FILMS

[stanley k]

I did several times, but only when it was processed by Fuji in Arizona. Of course, now someone is going to mention the million and a half times they've sent their film to Fuji in Arizona and no blue dots. But, yes, Rigo, I have those blue dots on some of my K40 as well.

[Hanthx]

Guess I should stop sleeping with my film then eh?

Hehehehe

Sc tt

[Mikko]

Yes and so many times. But only in low-light scenes and under exposed scenes.

M

[Rigo]

Now I have a few clues. It happened to me with the swiss lab, and I?ve exposed the film after hard temperature changes, and I?ve got them in low light conditions.

I rely most in the temp change, but did it happen to you in the right side of the frame? It did to me, and I just get to think that it has to do with the processing.

[mattias]

seen em several times. they say it's from the processing, but that it's caused indirectly by humidity and temperature changes. never got any stains when i used refridgerated film taken out only hours before shooting and sent for processing via a "kodak image center" store immediately. no more film in drawers or mailboxes for me.

[ekoe]

i've had them also. that particular reel was sent to kodak's swiss lab.
i know this problem has also plagued kodak 5274 vision 200t and 5279 500t stocks.
however, i've come to accept that these blue dots, or 'bruising' as it's been called, is more a result of rapid shifts in temperature than of bad stock or processing.
because of this, i'm now more careful in transferring my film from one temperature extreme to the next, such as air conditioning to outdoor sun. you should allow the film to acclimate within the manufacturers sealed packaging before removal.

[Rigo]

mattias, how do you store, shoot and mail?