Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Browsing through a 1969 edition of "The Leica & Leicaflex Way" by Andrew Matheson (Focal Press) I read (on page 299): "Use adequate precautions when processing film in hot climates and keep even developed films well protected against insects and other creatures. Film-eating insects, incidentally, are not confined to the tropics; they are just as abundant in the short summer in certain Arctic countries such as Alaska and Greenland." Is there an entomologist in the house? What insects eat film? Oliver Bryk