Today i decided to check through some of my 16mm feature film collection by simply opening the cans by having a quick look and a sniff . ( No i don't have a habit . )
Some of them had not been opened or ran for about 8 years or so .
On opening one film can, reel one of an IB Technicolor feature there was that strong whiff of you know what ... the dreaded V.S. ming .
" Oh no" i said out loud to myself . "Not again ! "
To add to my misery i also noticed that the film was now buckled and warped .
Well that's another prized 16mm print about to go into my wheelie bin for disposal .
It looks like i will now have to go through my entire film collection for inspection now just in case and the film has to be replaced with a Blu Ray or 4K disc copy .
Oh well such is life !
Some of them had not been opened or ran for about 8 years or so .
On opening one film can, reel one of an IB Technicolor feature there was that strong whiff of you know what ... the dreaded V.S. ming .
" Oh no" i said out loud to myself . "Not again ! "
To add to my misery i also noticed that the film was now buckled and warped .
Well that's another prized 16mm print about to go into my wheelie bin for disposal .
It looks like i will now have to go through my entire film collection for inspection now just in case and the film has to be replaced with a Blu Ray or 4K disc copy .
Oh well such is life !
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