Re: Perhaps the film (gelatin) has a moisture range?

[boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Long)]

On Mon, 06 Jan 1997 03:59:07 +0000 (GMT), you wrote:

|Has anyone ever tried plunging a roll of film into liquid nitrogen?=20

Perhaps the acetate or whatever substrate would become brittle at such
low temperatures. =20

|I've heard of exposed ektachrome going through a clothes washer and=20
|dryer without a protective plastic film can and coming out fine on=20
|development (c 1979)

And of course films will stand up to developers and such.  :)

What's worrisome is the possibility that discrete droplets alter the
imaging properties of the film locally, appearing as spots or
inconsistencies on the negative.  And one listmember reported moist
film sticking inside the camera, which could be a far greater
disaster.

Bob Long
(boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx)

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