posted 10-18-2001 03:32 AM                    

Or in short, I've yet to find a situation where the film benefited from emulsion in winding. Remember, I've been storing test rolls of film for 12+years now from the early days of FilmGuard development. In every situation, I always stored extra copies "dry" (I used spare trailers that were brand new) with both winding orientations. In every instance, the emulsion out prints were fine, but many of the emulsion in prints had warpage, registration problems, more noticeable shrinkage, etc. While the emulsion in prints that were treated with FilmGuard were for the most part fine, when unrolled there was still some warpage, etc. That is why I recommend emulsion out, all the time no matter what. I've got prints that are over 10 years old that were wound exclusively emulsion out and they still look like they are fresh from the lab with no warpage or curl whatsoever. Still, that is of course not to say that in some place like Alaska or the equator that a different orientation may fare better, but until I see solid proof, I'll continue winding emulsion out. This is definitely moreso important with polyester film stocks though, as polyester stocks come from the lab with a positive curl to begin with and winding emulsion in only exaggerates that curl, which causes focusing problems. Remember, the film will always try and curl outward, away from the hub.

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posted 10-19-2001 02:10 PM                       

In my twenty years experience I've had fewer problems with emulsion in than with emulsion out winding.

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posted 10-19-2001 04:15 PM                    

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