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Re: [Digital BW] Ilford

2004-08-24 by Stephen Kobrin

Thanks Joe and Don,

Sounds like a solution.  

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "D. Hill" 
<hill14701@y...> wrote:
> 
> > Assuming that there is a risk of 
> > Ilford getting out of the B&W film business raises a
> > question: how long will film last in a freezer?  
> 
> Black and white film will last indefinately in cold
> storage.  However, automatic frost-free freezers will
> lessen the life span as opposed to a straight cold
> freezer.  I have a huge amount of pan-x (expired in
> '82) that still gives great results.  What you may
> experience is minimal fogging every decade, but much
> less than you would expect.  As it is black and white,
> fogging really doesn't matter.  Michael Smith and
> Paula Chamlee do this with film pulled by Kodak in the
> early 90's. 
> 
> Don
> 
> 
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