Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Post wrote: > Actually, the remjet coating was carbon based and was an anti-static coating > to keep those little lightning bolt like marks from appearing on the film > You can see the phenomenon in old silent movies on Turner Classic Movies!). > The motion picture labs used a jet of water to prewash the film before the > developer. For some reason, I've never seen that kind of coating on B&W > movie stock, which I used in my hungry days when I could get it cheap (read > free here!) > Dan > -----Original Message----- Thats interesting to know. Makes a lot of sense, really, since static build-up would be a serious problem in a motion picture camera, especially with plastic-based films. Right, I never saw anything like that on BW movie stock either--different base, less of a problem, problem solved later??? Would be interesting to research this. Mike