The film will be warmed to above freezing before use. The use of a motor or a winder would be an exception rather than a normal occurrence. I know that film can be used without cracking in freezing temperature.
One of the things I really love about this list is that when a question is asked, even if there's no direct response to it, all sorts of other information and opinions are brought to light ;-)) Dag T wrote: > > If that was true most of my films would have cracked, not only from > freezing during storage, but some of them also from use in similar > temperatures. > > There is, however, a story of a Norwegian expedition to Antarctica > where they used an LX being modified to roll the film the opposite way > around the spool in the camera to avoid cracking, but the temperatures > may be well below the temperature in the freezer. > > If the film holds freezer temperatures during use I�d be careful with > winders and motor drives.

