[rollei_list] Re: Rollie R3 film

I have some of the film which I obtained three years ago.  Still virgin. I do 
have a rollei infrared filter. Maybe I should give it a try. Ed
-------------- Original message from Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx>: 
-------------- 


> Dear All 
> I shot a roll of Rollei R3 film shortly after it came out. With one roll I 
> tried 
> using a piece of overexposed slide film inside the camera as an IR filter and 
> the results were a failure. I dumped the film in a corner of the darkroom and 
> didn't look at it till today. I picked it up for my daughter to use to 
> practice 
> loading 120 into a developing reel and discovered that the film is 
> delaminating 
> big time. Its separating into three layers, two thin outer layers one on each 
> side, one of which seems to contain the image and a central more rigid 
> transparent layer. 
> Has any one else encountered this? One thing I should stress is that this was 
> not by any manner of means normal film storage conditions. Humidity probably 
> cycles 50-100% and there is probably a significant amount of airborne 
> chemistry 
> from time to time. 
> Any thoughts welcome 
> Larry Cuffe 
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