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Subject: [Leica] Film flattening
From: durling at cox.net (Mike Durling)
Date: Mon Jan 10 20:38:44 2005
References: <200501091929.j09JTCZl055412@server1.waverley.reid.org>

I sometimes have this problem in the wintertime.  I don't remember 
whether the Efke film was worse than others, but I did shoot this film 
at times.

I found that if I left the negatives, in their pages, in the unheated 
garage for a time they flattened out nicely.  The low humidity indoors 
this time of year seems to agrevate the problem.

Mike D

Lew Schwartz wrote:
>       I purchased a number of rolls of Porter's discount bw, iso 400 35mm
> film a while ago. I've been assured that it's EFKE, in any event the dry
> negative strips have such a pronounced curl that I'm reduced to proofing
> them 1 strip at a time. The curl is so strong that none of my proof 
> printers
> can hold them all flat. 
>       I've tried putting them between some books with enough weight on top
> to keep them flat for a few days and even attached them with a few rubber
> bands to a paper towel cardboard tube. My results in either case are
> indifferent at best.
>       Any suggestions short of throwing the stuff out?
> -Lew
> 
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