RE: Konica Short Dated FIlm

["George L Smyth" <GLSmyth@xxxxxxx>]

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> From: owner-infrared@xxxxx [mailto:owner-infrared@xxxxx]On Behalf Of Bob
> & Jennifer
> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 8:13 AM
> To: infrared-digest@xxxxx
> Subject: Konica Short Dated FIlm
>
> I was just wondering if anyone has had experience with Short Dated Konica
> film.  B&H has a heap of Infrared Konica that will expire in March of this
> year.
>
> Is it worth buying it (at $1 less per roll) if I am planning on burning it
> (in camera) in March and April?
>
> What will happen to the image if shot in March, kept in a backpack in SE
> Asia for two months and finally, processed back in the US in May?

Konica keeps very well.  I recently finished off some 120 that expired in
1992 and am about to start with a 1994 batch.  Of course, all my film stays
in the freezer until I;m ready to use it.  I can't speak for keeping it in a
backpack for a couple months before developing it.

george

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