Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/07

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Subject: [Leica] APX 25 in freezers underground
From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 23:04:11 -0600

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>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Peter Kruka
>> Agfa Film Professional Products


Interesting, Johnny. The man has a very good point.

Artists sometimes do such things. Paul Caponigro was rumored to have put in
a 20-year supply of DuPont Varilour when it was discontinued. And I have
seen with my own eyes the basement of Ctein's house. The house was mortgaged
so that Ctein could buy $30,000 worth of dye-transfer printing supplies. The
Pan Matrix film is stored in top-loading freezers and the paper, standing on
end in crates, fills most of the basement.

A third of the price of a Leica lens will buy you a full-sized freezer, and
that should hold at least several hundred 100-ft. rolls of APX 25. There is
no need for anyone who loves this film (and I *do* sympathize, despite my
sometimes reflexively smartass tone) to do without.

I wonder if I'd do that with Tri-X if Kodak ever discontinued it...probably
not. I'm not _that_ attached to it. Or...?

- --Mike

Replies: Reply from Jeff Moore <jbm@oven.com> ([Leica] Re: APX 25 in freezers underground)