Re: Questions RE: Old, poorly stored film & B+W filter's IR

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 30 Jul 96 at 20:23, George L Smyth wrote:

> >      On a similar note, I have an unprocessed but exposed roll of
> >      Ektachrome IR that I lost. I have found it and well, it's been
> >      sitting in my desk drawer for about 14 months. This, in a room
> >      that gets direct sunlight and fluctuates in temp. between 80
> >      degrees (F.) and 50 degrees (F.) Given the cost of developing
> >      this stuff, should I bother?
> 
> You're not so lucky here.  If you send the film out it will have a blue
> cast.  This film is VERY sensitive.  I froze a roll before taking it
> with me on a 3 week trip to Wales/Ireland.  Although the film never got
> "hot," it was ruined in this manner.

Ooops....forgot about that Kodak recommendation to store this film 
between -18 and -23C....it's the coldest spec I have ever seen for a
photographic product....

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