[Milsurplus] 16mm platform

[Don Merz via Milsurplus]

Unfortunately a little longer might hurt. The longest that the Smithsonian has been able to make film negatives last under the best conditions in the world is supposed to be about 180 years. I assume this is simulated through some testing process? I dunno--I read about this somewhere 6 months or so ago. But my guess is that your storage conditions are not among the best in the world and so you should assume the life of your film is much less. For you 35 mm buffs who have your negatives all neatly sleeved, better go take a look. Bad storage conditions can raise hell with all that, causing the sleeves to permanently mark your negatives. I have some that are just 35 years old and they are in rough shape. Anyway, scanning sooner rather than later is probably a good  idea. Sound film of any size is not cheap to scan either. Good luck.
73 de N3RHT

On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 4:30 AM, Michael <k3mxo.hi at gmail.com> wrote:
 
All this is reminding me that I still have my B&H Model 70s here although
the cost of film and processing has caused me to stop shooting 16mm.  I
never managed to snag the one I wanted that had the external rather large
film carriers good for 15 minutes or so, electric drive and the viewfinder
optics geared to the main turret.  70DL?  DJ?  I can't remember now.  

I had a shot at a Mitchell 35mm but I'll give you three guesses why I didn't
jump on it much as I wanted to. :-)

Best Regards,

Michael, K3MXO, CBLA #6, BL01hx15np24 ... or there abouts  
Sometimes I pretend to be normal but it gets boring so I go back to being
me.
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Hiki Nô! 


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