Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Sal Wrote: >Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 07:32:28 -0400 >From: "Sal DiMarco,Jr." <sdmp007@pressroom.com> >In discussions about Velvia problems... >(text deleted...) ... or you had it in the freezer which can damage film. >According to the film designers at Eastman Kodak, refrigeration of film is >OK, freezing is not....(text deleted). My information from a Kodak engineer conflicts with the above statement. According to conversations last week with a friend who is a Kodak product engineer, freezing of Kodak film is acceptable and will maintain the freshness of the film indefinitely. He did state, that a few years ago that Kodak had a film (didn't say which one) that would be damaged by freezing; consequently, at that time they stated that Kodak film should not be frozen. With current production Kodak films, they may be frozen according to my friend. ....admitted I did not address the issue of freezing Fuji films... From a personal standpoint, I have been freezing Fuji print film and have not experienced any problems. I have never seen anything "official" on this topic from a film manufacturer. Could anyone point me to some published refereces on freezing of film? Thanks George Binghamton, NY