Shel,
Years ago I was traveling around the U.S. in a VW bus. I carried an ice
chest that had Kodachrome 25 and some Ektachrome. I traveled in very warm
and sometimes humid conditions (it was summer). There were times when I
didn't have ice and the film would warm up. Then I would put ice in again.
I mailed my K25 out to a Kodak lab and hoped for the best when I got home.
The processed slides looked great.
Read in a US News story that a Kodak rep said that age will do less harm to
film than heat and humidity. I store lots of Fuji NPS print film in a
freezer for later use at weddings. Sometimes I never shoot all the film I
bring and place it back in the freezer for later. Never had any problems.
Also have done this with slide film.
Jim A.
> From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 08:33:19 -0800
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Film Storage Questions
>
> Tiger Moses wrote:
>
>> Sounds like you better start buying 12
>> exposure rolls or roll your own!
>> Seriously, film is suppossed to be one
>> of the least expensive parts of our
>> camera system, so maybe you need to
>> relax on it. Is the value of the
>> quality image you might lose worth the
>> savings you have buy not wasting the
>> rest of the roll and processing in a
>> timely manner.
>
> I'm not particularly tense about this. I'm more curious than
> anything. Often I'll take a few rolls from the freezer, not
> expose them, and replace them back in the fridge or freezer.
> Just wondering if it'll cause problems. Also, at times I do
> tests, where the exposed image isn't worth anything except for
> testing purposes. If I'm able to hold the film for a while and
> continue the test later, that's a big plus, because I can
> process all the images at once, which will both save me time and
> reduce differences due to processing or emulsion variations. As
> for serious photographs, I'm not at all averse to burning film.
> The last roll I processed, for example, had but 20 exposures on
> it.
>
> However, there are times when one cannot process quickly after
> exposure. For example, when traveling it's not always easy or
> practical to process the film. As an example, some time ago I
> took a motor trip across the country, much of it in hot
> climates, and I did a fair amount of camping. So, the film was
> exposed, put into a cooler filled with ice, and later removed
> from the cooler, during which time it warmed some, and then was
> put into a refrigerator until processing could be accomplished.
>
> And then, of course, there are times when one may have to
> conserve film. If one is in an area where a particular film is
> unavailable (and that can happen more often in remote areas than
> in cities - try buying almost any emulsion in Ten Sleep,
> Wyoming) it may be necessary to remove one film from the camera,
> replace it with another, and then continue shooting with the
> first roll later.
>
>> I'd start worrying about condensation
>> and such myself, and higher
>> possibility of scatching with the film
>> going through the cannister and
>> camera a few extra times!
>
> I'm clearly concerned about condensation, but perhaps it's not a
> problem. Perhaps someone on the list knows for sure, or can
> provide a pointer to the information. Your point about
> scratching is well taken.
>
>> Are you trying to stretch out your
>> AFGA APX25 as long as possible?
>
> Not, not really ...
>
> --
> Shel Belinkoff
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> There are no rules for good photographs,
> there are only good photographs.
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