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Re: [OM] Another radioactive Zuiko!

Subject: Re: [OM] Another radioactive Zuiko!
From: D&B Garcia <dangarcia@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 16:51:47 -0500
 
>> I just got back a roll of Kodak Max 800 in which I tested for fog with
>> the 55mm f/1.2 silver snout.  Good news for owners: it didn't fog.  I'm
>> can't speak as to what might happen if the film is left in the camera
>> for an extended period with the lens mounted, but for exposures at any
>> aperture up to the auto exposure limit of the OM-4T (3-4 minutes?), I
>> see no fogging.

I was walking with my wife today, recounting your 55mm f1.2 radioactivity
adventures. She asked without hardly looking up,"Why can't they just put in
on a piece of film in a drawer over night like Madame Curie used to do?"
Why not indeed?? Would this work, just curious.

Dan G.


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