Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/15

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Subject: Re: Airport hand inspection/ TMax 3200
From: Carl Socolow <csocolow@microserve.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 00:32:02 -0500

ted grant wrote:
> 

Snipola...

> As far as I'm concerned 3200 even in a freezer and frozen solid will be
> affected. Is this technically true? I haven't got a clue. I just know it
> can be in the freezer for 6 months and when you go to use it and compare
> negs after being in the freezer to negs that were exposed when you first
> got the film and there is a distinct overall "fog" look.

I read somewhere (can't remember since I'm over 30) that Kodak stores
TMZ in salt mines after production so that the earth can absorb much of
the cosmic radiation that the film is susceptible to. This helps prevent
the fogging prior to shipping.

Carl S.