joolsph
newbie
Reged: 27/04/2007
Posts: 19
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Hi Folks
I am off to Guadeloupe in March of 2008 and was wondering if I could take my film camera plus some Velvia to capture the glory of Guadeloupe.
Will the conditions be too hot for Velvia? I do know that once I am there that I should keep it in the fridge!
Am I way off track here?
Thanks
Jools
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Wich Tyler
Reged: 11/08/2000
Posts: 37887
Loc: Everywhere and nowhere, baby
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How long are you going for? For a week or two, I wouldn't worry about it.
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joolsph
newbie
Reged: 27/04/2007
Posts: 19
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Just for two weeks.
Best to stick them in the fridge?
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Benchista
Wich Tyler
Reged: 11/08/2000
Posts: 37887
Loc: Everywhere and nowhere, baby
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If you can, but don't worry too much about it. I've in the past frequently had quite a lot of (old) Velvia around for a couple of weeks in hot and/or humid conditions - Egypt, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India etc - without a problem.
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Nick
www.nbrphoto.com
Light and Shade II - the new blog
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Matt_Hunt
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 07/11/2005
Posts: 2283
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Hi
I took some to Singapore in May and packed it in a tupperware container lined with poystyrene. Everything came back find.
HTH
Matt
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LargeFormat
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Reged: 24/10/2006
Posts: 1184
Loc: Buckinghamshire and Cumbria
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It's really the exposed but undeveloped film that might give problems. As others have said keeping it cold is a good thing but I think keeping it dry is even more important.
Take some silica gel, well dried, with some of those zipper bags.
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