Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Freezing Polaroid Film
From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 13:46:05 -0700
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apart from those illegal little mercury ones, which can apparently be
damaged by freezing and may also last a shorter time when frozen than when
just stored in a fridge

(and don't ask me where I read the somewhat scientific report on that - it
was a few years ago when they first started banning them...)

tim

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Freezing Polaroid Film


> Jim says you are absolutely correct!! And that when said batteries are
> warmed back up, they are rarin' to go...;-)
>
> B. D.
>
> "C.L.Zeni" wrote:
> >
> > I understand that it's not that they drain fast when they're cold, it's
> > that their ability to produce current/voltage is severely impeded when
cold...
> >
> > At 01:09 PM 11/8/2001, you wrote:
> > >Okay, a serious question from me for you, Jim....If batteries drain so
> > >fast when used at low temperatures, how is it that they can be frozen
> > >and not drain?
> > >
> > >B. D.
> > >
> > >Jim Brick wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The Polaroid film for Polaroid backs (Leica, Hasselblad, 4x5,
etc...), does
> > > > not contain batteries.
> > > >
> > > > And you can certainly freeze batteries. I've kept a supply of
strange
> > > > battery versions, in my freezer, for years. They work when thawed.
Like
> > > > batteries for my Alpa 10D.
> >
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In reply to: Message from Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> ([Leica] Re: Freezing Polaroid Film)
Message from "C.L.Zeni" <clzeni@mindspring.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: Freezing Polaroid Film)
Message from "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> (Re: [Leica] Re: Freezing Polaroid Film)