Ricochetrider Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 SO after a couple years of shooting film, and having my prints and negatives and stuff scattered about our office, I've begun to organize myself to some extent. I plan to get some photo albums to put keeper images, will probably also get some sort of something to store all the remaining proof prints, but what on earth do I do with my rolls of medium format negatives? I've begun to have the lab cut the negs, so they're a little easier to deal with VS a roll- but how do you guys store your stuff? Thanks! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bowes Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 For onward of +30 years my 35mm & 120 negs (color or b/w) have been stored in Print File sleeves & placed in common 3 ring binders. Any outside developing (color) is returned to me uncut. I store 35mm in strips of (5), 120 material in strips of (3). Since 2010 when I started efforts to digitize work form the late 1980s to present, the negs have showed excellent archival conditions, both color & b/w. All current work is put into sleeves until my schedule allows flat bed scanning. Aloha, Bill 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJG Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 +1 for Bill's advice--I have used Print File for 35, 120 and 4x5 since the late 1970's stored in archival binders with slip cases to minimize dust. I recently had to pull out a negative from 25 years ago for a client and it was in perfect shape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kahn Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 +1 for both Bill's and AJG's response. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochetrider Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Thank you, guys! I'll invest in Print File negative sleeves and binders, will look for the slip cases as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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