Recently Lee Hawkins told me I was totally wrong in advising people to
remove their frozen film from the cannister to warm up and dry out
before using. His educated comment was to leave it in the can to warm
up. I had never heard of anyone doing this because it keeps the moisture
in the can with the film! An obvious dumb thing to do. However, knowing
Lee is somewhat informed, I telephoned a number of professional
photographers that use frozen, outdated film in their work. We sell to a
bunch of wedding photographers and serious amateurs who buy 50 to 100
rolls from us at a time.
It was unanimous, no one leaves the film in the cannister to warm up.
Most take the film out of the cannister and throw it into their
equipment bag right away to be ready to shoot as the situation dictates.
Most everyone's comment was, does someone actually leave it in the can?
Next time look inside the cannister and see the moisture that collectsd
there.Too bad Lee. OLYMPUS Dude.
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