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Hey ... the other forums have threads devoted to "camera porn" (photos of their cameras) so what's a better photo-thread on this

forum then one of your film collection/hoard. Extra consideration given to people showing fridges and freezers FILLED with the stuff.

 

Do you have some rare film ... post a photo and start a conversation about it.

 

Sadly ... 10 years from now, your kids may Google this thread and wonder what is in those little colorful boxes so post 'um if you've

got 'um.

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Very nice collections of films, I have to photograph some of mine to post.

 

How would you have the power out for a week, the longest system I have seen is the tea katel

total system black out in UK and the system been partially restored in couple of hours according to

Werek Grid Control:)

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<p>Since you ask:</p>

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<p>How would you have the power out for a week, the longest system I have seen is the tea katel total system black out in UK and the system been partially restored in couple of hours</p>

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<p>It's easy. You just have a "<a href="http://www.livescience.com/8586-huge-windstorm-spawns-classification-super-derecho.html">super derecho</a>" (aka, "hurricane that formed over land, not water"). Another alternative is to get hit by a tornado-like down draft ("<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microburst">micro-burst</a>"). When these hit your neighborhood or town the effect can be on such a scale like that done by coastal hurricanes or long lasting tornados.<br /> It just takes a long time to restore power for downed trees on power lines over a substantial geographic area. Actually the longest we were without power in my neighborhood was two (2, count them) weeks.</p>

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<p>Here's my street (this is Banal Street, which forks with Boring Way). It was like this everywhere over a vast area roughly the size of England (<em>not</em> UK). Nearly every roof in town had to be re-shingled. They are just now finishing putting a new roof on the Police Department building (over 2 years later).</p><div>00ZQvY-404611584.jpg.96a0d6438fc9f1d4f93f0007bbc063a3.jpg</div>
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<p>I didn't intend to stockpile film and so didn't get into the habit of keeping it in the fridge, or the freezer. Combined with not knowing how the older film was cared for before I acquired it, I don't know that it's worthwhile to try chilling it now or not. I do use it regularily, generally I only shoot digital if I want to take a quick picture & post online right away.</p>

<p>Most of my film is standard stuff, 135 or 120 format and mostly current or very-recently expired. I have some 'oddball' stuff though:</p>

 

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<li>In 126 format I have a couple packs of Verichrome Pan, expired in 1977. I've got fairly good results from that. I also have some Kodacolor II expired in the 90's which gives somewhat washed-out colour effects. Finally I have a few store-brand packs, and a single pack from Fuji. I like 126 as I like the square format, and I have some very nice cameras for it - the Minolta Autopak 700 rangefinder (visible in the image below) and a Rollei A26, plus I just picked up a Kodak Instamatic 500 I'm eager to try out.</li>

<li>I came across a cute, cheap Disc camera - an Ansco "Readyflash" VR-1 which is little more than a flat plastic box camera. It was only 95 cents. So I had to get some disc film for it. I haven't had a chance to try developing this film yet, but I do intend to process it myself.</li>

<li>I recently picked up a camera that used 127 film so I found some "Rollei Nightbird" film in that format to run through that camera.</li>

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<p>Cheers!</p>

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<p>I had no intention of hording it but one day a photo shop went out of business and they sold me most of what they had for 10 cents a roll. Then I got a call from a local photographer who was retiring and he told me to come over. I did and he had a whole bunch of 120 film he gave me for free. Two days later he called me back and said I forgot about the other freezer it was full of 35mm B&W and color.<br>

I was putting in bids on ebay never over $1.99 and that is how a bunch more showed up. As for the PolypanF well it was a deal that ran me 2 cents a foot....</p>

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<p>I wasn't exactly stockpiling, except I probably bought some Velvia because it was being changed, and bought some LF packs because they were low priced on Ebay. But I never have got around to using the LF colour film, and most of the roll film and 35 is just what I had around when I got a DSLR. Now I've used up my B&W film and had to replace a couple of times, and had to restock chemicals, but just never used up the colour. And when I sold my 9x12 camera I kept some plates, but now I need to make a 9x12 adapter for my 4x5 plateholders. I expect it will all get used, but it may have to wait a year or two more. On the bright side, I do have plenty to use when I'm ready to do that.</p>
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