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Subject: [Leica] What it the characteristic degradation of Fuji NPS 160?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Mon Oct 20 23:16:27 2008

My thoughts as well.
Especially if it was frozen.
I never in my life unthawed film and had it be not perfect.
Some of it had Mastodon hairs stuck to it.



mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:28:00 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] What it the characteristic degradation of Fuji NPS 
> 160?
> 
> If it was kept cold, It oughta be ok.
> 
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Geoff Hopkinson
> <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>wrote:
> 
>> Clayton I follow what you are saying. Should I have said, It doesn't make
>> sense for my type of photography to use outdated pro film?
>> Post some pictures of your experimenting, folks.  I thawed several rolls 
>> of
>> 120 to shoot for fun in my 645, but now have found some of it sadly out of
>> date. I shot about 50 frames with my M8 instead, and even posted a new
>> casual portrait (that sunk without trace!) So I did go shoot.
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/104733063
>> I'm having a printing day instead and continue working on the Leica Users
>> Photo Album book I am editing. Also I have just got my Photoshop CS4 
>> update
>> and am starting to learn the new tools  and doing some training on it.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Subject: RE: [Leica] What it the characteristic degradation of Fuji NPS
>> 160?
>> 
>> Quoth the Geoff Hopkinson :
>> 
>>> Clayton, that's an interesting anecdote, but I'm not sure it is
>>> applicable here. Experimenting with outdated pro film doesn't seem to
>>> have any upside.
>> 
>> Geoff,
>> 
>> That's only true if you're both absolutely certain that your imagination
>> and
>> technical skills are capable of planning and executing the best possible
>> image in any circumstance, AND if you're correct in that certainty, such
>> that nothing unexpected could ever benefit you.
>> 
>> Fortunately for me, I am absolutely certain I will never reach that level;
>> my problem is that from time to time I drift into acting, and shooting, as
>> though I have.  (Usually at that point my own work starts to bore me.)
>> 
>>> Every other outcome is worse.
>> 
>> May you never lose that kind of certainty.
>> 
>> And may I never live long enough to have it.
>> 
>> Each to his own.  Go shoot.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> USA
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