Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I freeze mine all the time. It suspends aging nearly indefinetly. Don't know where the 12 hour figure comes from. I find that for single rolls a half hour is fine, even for film in Leicas cassettes inside plastic cans. Ken Wilcox At 8:36 +0200 6/26/0, a fine scholar, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >I hope someone has the definitive answer to this.... > >In my new house in Switzerland the fridge is quite small and I suspect >that my wife prefers to keep food in it rather than my films. On the >other hand, there is a huge freezer in the basement. I recall someone >saying that freezing film is not good for some reason, which I forgot. >What is the scoop? My impression is that freezing is OK as long as one >allows the film 12 hours to come up to room temperature before opening >the plastic canister. > >TIA. > >Nathan > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland >General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator >Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>