Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I sometimes have this problem in the wintertime. I don't remember whether the Efke film was worse than others, but I did shoot this film at times. I found that if I left the negatives, in their pages, in the unheated garage for a time they flattened out nicely. The low humidity indoors this time of year seems to agrevate the problem. Mike D Lew Schwartz wrote: > I purchased a number of rolls of Porter's discount bw, iso 400 35mm > film a while ago. I've been assured that it's EFKE, in any event the dry > negative strips have such a pronounced curl that I'm reduced to proofing > them 1 strip at a time. The curl is so strong that none of my proof > printers > can hold them all flat. > I've tried putting them between some books with enough weight on top > to keep them flat for a few days and even attached them with a few rubber > bands to a paper towel cardboard tube. My results in either case are > indifferent at best. > Any suggestions short of throwing the stuff out? > -Lew > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >