Maco up64

maxbloom

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Anyone else having problems with this stuff being really thin? I recently shot a few rolls of it in 120, and they curl like hell. I have to weasel them into my pages and then set them under a heavy book for a few days just to flatten them.
 

Jerevan

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The Maco films are rebranded stuff, probably Efke 50.

The curling of the film is lessened with higher humidity and slower drying, from my experience. I think it has to do with the acetate base (or polyester in the 120 rolls) and the emulsion drying at different rates, and in a hot/dry environment the emulsion dries faster and shrinks, taking the base along with it, making the film curl.
 
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