Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oliver Bryk posted this quote from a Leica book. >>"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?<<<< Hey a good one Oliver, Now we've had some strange and interesting topics but I'm dying to hear the answer to this one, as I've never heard this before. Fungus maybe under very hot humid conditions, but insects? Please, "Do we have an entomologist in the house?" ;-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - ----- Original Message ----- From: "" <oliverbryk@home.com> To: "Leica-Users" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 6:19 PM Subject: [Leica] OT: Film-eating insects? > Browsing through a 1969 edition of "The Leica & Leicaflex Way" by Andrew > Matheson (Focal Press) I read (on page 299): > Oliver Bryk > >