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I've periodically kept film for 15+ years in the freezer and it didn't appear to lose its speed or contrast when used. B&W seems less sensitive to the aging process than color.

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1 hour ago, Frase said:

Yes, and if its to be kept for a long time in the freezer

If for a long time one might get a few very, very small points of exposure from cosmic rays. Your freezer won't impede those one bit. But that will cause a white spot on the print and those are easily spotted out. (I proved the cosmic ray bit to myself many years ago by taking a square of 120 Verichrome Pan or something, in a double envelope that had held 2.5x3.5 paper, to the top of Torrey's Peak, 14,267 feet. Left it on a rock for half an hour while I ate a sandwich and once home developed it for 30 minutes in straight Dektol. And there they were; two tiny, tiny black dots. Certainly visible in an 8x10.) High energy particle physics.

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7 hours ago, semi-ambivalent said:

If for a long time one might get a few very, very small points of exposure from cosmic rays. Your freezer won't impede those one bit. But that will cause a white spot on the print and those are easily spotted out. (I proved the cosmic ray bit to myself many years ago by taking a square of 120 Verichrome Pan or something, in a double envelope that had held 2.5x3.5 paper, to the top of Torrey's Peak, 14,267 feet. Left it on a rock for half an hour while I ate a sandwich and once home developed it for 30 minutes in straight Dektol. And there they were; two tiny, tiny black dots. Certainly visible in an 8x10.) High energy particle physics.

Verichrome pan -- no chance Kodak brings that back. I used that film with my Brownie Starlight in the early 1960s, those photos still look great (the negatives appear to have disappeared along with my baseball cards, another story for a different forum). Looking back, that was a great film. Oh well, that's the cosmic ray to my brain to rekindle that memory. BTW, very interesting tale, love it.

 

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Michael Geschlecht

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22 hours ago, Stealth3kpl said:

Just make sure it's given time to warm up to ambient temperature before use to avoid condensation on the surface as you shoot

Pete

Hello Mark,

Welcome to the Forum.

And don't forget to put the film still in its package in a plastic bag. Without opening the box or the container. Squeeze the air out of the bag.  Do this as soon as you take it out of the refrigerator or freezer. And leave it in that bag until it comes to room temperature. So that the condensation forms on the OUTSIDE of the plastic bag.

Happy photos.

Best Regards,

Michael

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16 hours ago, jmahto said:

What if you take a roll out to shoot, it comes to room temperature and you decide to put it back in the freezer. Does freeze-thaw-freeze cycle has any effect on the film?

Are you going to take the part used film out of the camera or freeze that as well? And remember where you were up to when you put it back in the camera months later.

I don’t think it is a good idea to keep freezing and thawing film, a bit like food (this was discussed in another thread).

I keep my film in the fridge, with a few rolls at room temperature to use next.

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18 hours ago, jmahto said:

What if you take a roll out to shoot, it comes to room temperature and you decide to put it back in the freezer. Does freeze-thaw-freeze cycle has any effect on the film?

It has no effect as long as it isn't very hot weather and back into the freezer section of the fridge, just put it back into the regular orange juice and ready to eat comestibles area, common sense should suffice.

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My 2 cents, a refrigerator, not the freezer, can store film, but does not stop the aging process. Only freezing stops the aging process and film keeps indefinitely. A number of years ago I attended a specialized two week photo course at Quantico Virginia. We were shooting and processing film, kept in FBI freezers in excess of 10 years. We shot a lot of old, but frozen, film during the two week course with nary a problem.

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35 minutes ago, edstock said:

Only freezing stops the aging process and film keeps indefinitely.

Freezing does not keep cosmic radiation from spoiling film. Old, slow emulsions are less susceptible and those are the films we read about which last.

 

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On 12/4/2018 at 8:17 AM, Michael Geschlecht said:

Hello Everybody,

Life was easier in the "Old Days" when you could buy 12 exposure rolls of 35mm film all over the place.

I liked the days when you could buy cheap packs of 5 or 8 rolls at local shops. Not that long ago, really. I still have a pack of 8 rolls of Fuji XTRA400 in the fridge from about 2008 or 2009.

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