At 03:16 PM 3/6/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>
>|My biggest complaint about the consumer Kodachrome (in the past -- I don't
>|know about the new "Select" version) is that you never knew whether it
>|would bias toward green (cyan?) or magenta. I had always thought I might
>|experiment with a batch and check it when it is fresh, a year from
>|expiration, 6 months from expiration, and at expiration -- just to see how
>|long to "ripen" it before chucking it in the freezer.
>|
>|Has anybody ever done what I'm suggesting with Kodachrome?
>
>My understanding (and my practice) is that Kodak designs their
>"consumer" films to mature about six months before the expiration
>date. Consequently, I leave consumer films on the shelf until "minus
>six months" then freeze them if I'm not ready to use them yet. I have
>been doing this for years now, and I haven't had a problem with film
>color since I started this practice.
Very interesting, John. What Kodak films do you use? Since I assume you
also use these films up until the minus six-month date, do they perform OK
in their less-than-fully-mature state?
Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA
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