I think my subject says it all. I have 8 rolls of film I shot of 16mm movie film. All either Tri-X B&W or color Kodak films. I do not have the money right now for developing at $25/roll (100' each). What is the best way to store these until I can? Should I just keep them in a dark cool place? Or should I refrigerate or freeze them?
In addition, they are all low speed films. I think the color is a 200 speed film tops...none of that crazy 3200 stuff!
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Cool and dark would be best. Trouble with refrigerating again is that unles you seal them up well moisture would get in. Try not to wait too long (defenition of 'too long': that amount of time which is excessive!).
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Yeah, 100' spool ain't that big! only like a 4"x1" box. I will double wrap them first in Ziploc sandwhich bags, and then a big freezer bad. I'm thinking the freezer might be better because we have a huge chest type freezer that doesn't circulate air to produce cold...might be lower humidity that way. That and Colorado right now is about 5% humidity on average...so my chances are good!
It is possible to not store in a refrigerator. I shot DS8 Svema and in 6 months processed it with good results
By the way, film Svema was " process before 1992 " and is still good!
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Best regards from Russia !
Alexander, super 8mm filmmaker from Russia, Krasnoyarsk
alex-rus wrote:It is possible to not store in a refrigerator. I shot DS8 Svema and in 6 months processed it with good results
By the way, film Svema was " process before 1992 " and is still good!
___________________________
Best regards from Russia !
Alexander, super 8mm filmmaker from Russia, Krasnoyarsk
alex-rus wrote:It is possible to not store in a refrigerator. I shot DS8 Svema and in 6 months processed it with good results
By the way, film Svema was " process before 1992 " and is still good!
___________________________
Best regards from Russia !
Alexander, super 8mm filmmaker from Russia, Krasnoyarsk
alex-rus wrote:It is possible to not store in a refrigerator. I shot DS8 Svema and in 6 months processed it with good results
By the way, film Svema was " process before 1992 " and is still good!
___________________________
Best regards from Russia !
Alexander, super 8mm filmmaker from Russia, Krasnoyarsk
