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Re: [OM] New Delta 400 Packaging

Subject: Re: [OM] New Delta 400 Packaging
From: Michael Stephens <mike1964@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 13:56:25 -0500
I wonder if you'll be able to get them through airport
security checkpoints like this?

Mike

> From: "Skip Williams" <skipwilliamsom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 14:49:01 -0400
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] New Delta 400 Packaging
> 
> I saw something interesting when I went to B&H Photo in NYC (before the
> attack).  I got 20 rolls of the new Delta 400 Professional and it doesn't
> come in the boxes anymore.  It doesn't even come in the plastic cylinder
> containers anymore!  Each roll was packaged individually in a foil sandwich
> bag, just like a candy bar.  Hermetically sealed.  I thought that was a bit
> odd, but I got to thinking......(Yes, I know that it's dangerous, but it
> happens sometimes.)
> 
> WHen I need a new roll of film in the field, I get it out of my bag.  It's
> usually packed in the little white or yellow box.  And what do I do with the
> cardboard box if it has one?  I find somewhere to pitch it.   OK.  You say:
> "I keep my film in only the little gray/black cannisters."  I do that too,
> and I have to write on EACH ROLL its film type with white china marker
> before it goes into the bag.  Otherwise I will certainly get confused.  And
> I almost never keep the cannisters.  I throw them away at the first
> opportunity.  The exposed film is kept in a bag pocket.  So wouldn't this
> new Ilford packaging make things a lot easier?  I think....."YES".  It will
> reduce waste, decrease storage space, and still keep the film protected in
> its little coocoon.
> 
> I think I like it!  (No he won't like it...He hates everything!)
> 
> Anybody else seen this packaging?
> 
> Skip
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