Posted by Roy Mengot on July 31, 2000 at 14:11:27:
In Reply to: photos of titanic posted by hayden on July 31, 2000 at 01:35:58:
: Just a really stupid thought, but wouldn't it be cool if they found an old camera at titanic's wreck site , developed the pics , and yep ,,their where picS of here after she had left Queenstown , fascinating i think , surely thier would have been people who took pictures of titanic , the rich could have afforded to have one ?
The issue has been considered by some chemists in the photo industry. The prevailing belief is that undeveloped film chemicals would likely be deteriorated by the salt water. The second proble m becomes getting the camera to the surface intact. Ant rust hole and the film is destroyed just by the lights of the sub or ROV. Getting the film out of the camera is a problem too. If a roll is already out of the camera and in a suitcase, then you might have something.