Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]True. TMZ's high speed also makes it vulnerable to fogging over time from x-rays, gamma rays, and sting rays for all I know. Freezing it won't help, nor will keeping it in one of those Film Shield lead bags -- a lot of radiation goes right through them (they're specifically designed to filter airport-level X-rays only). I've heard that Kodak stores its inventory in a deep salt mine, which does cut down on a lot of the background radiation. I try not to buy more than I'm going to shoot over the next month or two, and pay attention to the "use by" date. Unlike Kodachrome, I don't buy TMZ if it's close to or past the expiration date on the packaging. Chuck Albertson Seattle, Washington At 01:39 PM 10/14/98 -0400, you wrote: >Eric, > >You are probably the wrong person to ask, but have you had any experience >with the keeping properties of TMZ. I remember a discussion on CServe years >ago that "old" TMZ was terrible versus fresh stuff. Even the freezer >doesn't keep it well. Since I tend to shoot in fits and starts and the film >isn't readily available locally I have shied away from the stuff. > >Thanks.........Ken >