Re: [APML] Is Tech-Pan really alive??

["Jim Ives" <flyboy9990@earthlink.net>]

Hi John,
    I just received 3 rolls from 2 different companies:
2 Rolls  EXP-10/02  1831
1Roll EXP-05/02 1791


Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "John C. Mirtle" <jmirtle@shaw.ca>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 10:06 PM
Subject: [APML] Is Tech-Pan really alive??


>     I just received delivery today of a 150ft roll of tech pan, and 6
rolls
> of 36. Something caught my eye which has me concerned, especially in light
> of the rumour that surfaced a few weeks ago. I have some tech pan I picked
> up last June which has an expiry date of 09/02, batch number 1821. My
dealer
> had 6 rolls on the shelf which I picked up today, which had an expiry date
> of 09/02, batch number 1821. The 150ft roll was ordered in from Kodak,
which
> took about 10 days to get. You guessed it - it has an expiry date of
09/02,
> batch number 1821.
>     This is all way too much of a coincidence! Does anyone have any
tech-pan
> that is newer? I have never bought tech pan with such a short shelf life,
in
> this case I have 8 months to use it all up. Either Calgary is a dumping
> ground for film made in batch 1821, or Kodak have stopped making it and
that
> was the last batch. Very strange....
>
> John Mirtle
> Calgary, Ab. Canada
>
>
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