8mm Forum: Mothballs. friend or foe

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Posted by Louis Li (Member # 776) on May 02, 2007, 11:18 AM:

an old camera man told me once that mothballs are key to storing cameras, protecting your lenses from bacteria.

A clean box with a couple of balls would equal or better an expensive drybox.

with that, i've been putting some with my films too.
so far. the only problem is the strong odour that follows my cameras when im out shooting.

well. any opinions on this?

Posted by Barry Johnson (Member # 84) on May 05, 2007, 06:44 AM:

No problem with using them on equipment,but I would certainly reconsideruseage with films.The strong odour is camphor,and this chemical may just harm the emulsions printed on the film base.That is of course an opinion from an old stager-myself!!

Posted by Dan Lail (Member # 18) on May 05, 2007, 01:58 PM:

Just how do you extract them from the moths?

Posted by Louis Li (Member # 776) on May 06, 2007, 09:22 AM:

well. the female moths get away with it. thats all i know.

Posted by Mike Peckham (Member # 16) on May 06, 2007, 01:00 PM:

Q. If you've got a moth ball in your left hand and a moth ball in your right hand, what have you got?

A. The undivided attention of a moth! [Big Grin]

Posted by Craig Hamilton (Member # 258) on May 06, 2007, 02:00 PM:

Or a very happy Moth!!!!! [Big Grin]

Craig

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