Too bad. Well, you'll know after the 1st roll if the rest are fine or not. At
least they'll all have the same correction.
Good luck, Walt.
Lama
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Staying cool with hot film
> Stupid me, I forgot that Friday of last week was July 4th, a
> holiday, and on the Tuesday preceding, I ordered 40 rolls of
> Provia 100F from B&H, expecting it to arrive within 48 hours, as
> stuff usually does from them via FedEx, whereupon it would get
> immediately popped into the refrigerator.
>
> Didn't happen. They shipped it UPS ground and it got here just
> minutes ago. When I dug the film out of the styrofoam peanuts, I
> could feel the heat. This stuff has probably been sitting in a
> big, brown truck cooking for five or six days in the summer heat.
>
> I don't suppose it really matters much. After all, I've often had
> a roll stay in a camera for a month or more before it's finished,
> and I've never noticed any problem. But this occurrence reminds
> me that it has been my past practice to stock up on mail order
> film only in the wintertime. I'll try to remember that from now
> on.
>
> It's in the fridge now, right behind the Miller Geunine Draft, one
> of which I had to remove to make room. Don't want it to get all
> warm again, and since it's nearly noon here anyway, what the hell?
>
> Walt
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