Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Wedding Photography w/M6 and Noct
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@islandnet.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 07:04:53 -0800

Bob Keene wrote:

>I just purchased a roll of 100' of T-Max 3200; Note: expiration on it
>is 1/98, but seller swears it was cold stored. The price was too good to
>pass up.>>>>>>

Hi Bob,

it doesn't matter if it were frozen like concrete! 3200 is very suceptible
to  Planet Earth's cosmic radiation that just passes through everything,
frozen, cold storage, cool, heat you name it.

You might have made a bad purchase even if it sounded like the "price was
right." Cold stored or not!  If it's a year out of date you are probably
going to find an over all fogging, grain increase the size of golf balls
and in the end, unless you want to go for mega grain effect on purpose, you
are going to be very disappointed with what can be an excellent film. IMHO.
ted



Ted Grant
This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler.
http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant