Re: Russian films

[Cor Breukel <cor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Robert Long wrote:

> On Thu, 05 Dec 1996 16:27:34 +0000 (GMT), Tim Coffer wrote:
> 
> |In December's Shutterbug, there's an article on Photokina goodies. In
> |the article, mention is made of Russian FoMos films, "one of which is
> |an infrared film that peaks at 1060nm and is sensitized beyond 1100nm.
> |This is over 100nm farther into the near IR than Kodak's IR film. They
> |have three other IR films...." So, does anyone know of these films?
> 
> Willem-Jan does, and he gave us a rundown on what he found out at
> Photokina.  I must say, however, that the refrigeration requirements
> cooled (pun intended) my enthusiasm very quickly.  Fine for scientific
> work, perhaps, but not very practical for most picture-taking
> purposes.
> 
> When Willem-Jan gets out on the ski slopes, however...
> 
> Bob Long
> (boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> 

.I added also to this issue in the past: A small shop in Berlin was
trying to import and distribute this film but it was not possible to get a
good deal with the russians, and there is the big problem, already
mentioned by Bob, and others, of the refrigeration..

Cor Breukel 
http://ruly70.medfac.leidenuniv.nl/~cor/cor.html
"The Infrared Gallery"
http://ruly70.medfac.leidenuniv.nl/~cor/ir-gallery.html


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