octo Posted January 5, 2016 Share #1 Â Posted January 5, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) What are the likely consequences of a 4 days breakdown of our freezer where I stored packs of films: Kodak, from 100 to 3200 ASA? They've been defrosted and frozen again when the freezer was fixed. Thanks for your input & experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dr. No Posted January 5, 2016 Share #2 Â Posted January 5, 2016 shouldn't be any probless I guess .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted January 5, 2016 Share #3 Â Posted January 5, 2016 I am sure that there will be no problem with them Philippe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted January 5, 2016 Share #4 Â Posted January 5, 2016 Agree, I can't imagine the 'thawing' would have had any effect at all for that short period of time. The rest of the contents may be another matter of course! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digbyhp Posted January 6, 2016 Share #5 Â Posted January 6, 2016 Same as if you take out a frozen film to use, have it out for the day or three, don't end up using it, put it back in the freezer, take it out to use again, actually use it, and it works out looking fine - my experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
octo Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share #6 Â Posted January 6, 2016 Thank you all. Did I see a consensus? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipus Posted January 6, 2016 Share #7  Posted January 6, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Must be a first for this forum  Thank you all. Did I see a consensus?  I have order lots of frozen film over the years, including film that is long since expired (C41, bw and E6), and delivery has often been several days. But so far I haven't experienced any problems as a result of this (or if there have been any they've been hidden by my exposure and other photographic skills...). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Albertson Posted January 7, 2016 Share #8 Â Posted January 7, 2016 I doubt if the brief thaw did any harm, but if the 3200 speed film is TMax 3200, you might shoot/develop a roll of it and see if it's fogged. That film hasn't been produced in some time, and when it was in production started to fog not too long after the expiry date on the box. Due to its sensitivity, it is affected by cosmic radiation. Refrigerating or freezing it won't stop that. I have about a dozen rolls left, all a year past their sell-by date, and they're starting to build up a thick base fog when developed. Kodak used to store raw P3200 stock in a salt cavern deep enough to filter the radiation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
octo Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share #9  Posted January 7, 2016  'Kodak used to store raw P3200 stock in a salt cavern deep enough to filter the radiation.' Right, I am heading for the nearest deep salt cavern: what works for the T3200 should work for me too? Joking apart, I recently used a vintage November 2008 roll, and you are quite right: it came out quite grey. One advice I got was to add to the development time.         Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumolux Posted January 9, 2016 Share #10 Â Posted January 9, 2016 I have taken films out of the freezer, gone on trips for a couple of weeks, and put the remaining unused film back in the fridge. No problems ever.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted January 20, 2016 Share #11  Posted January 20, 2016 Freezing film puts it in suspended animation and stops the aging process. The net result of your freezer breakdown is that your film is four days closer to its expiration date, nothing more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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