c._h._h. Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 Hello, I have always been wondering why people put their film in the freezer? Thanks, CHH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_graziano Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 With color films, extreme temperatures will eventually cause color shifts. Perhaps someone can elaborate on this a bit more as I am not familiar with exactly what happens to color film. Color film and B&W (Silver process) film will also fog to varying degrees (the factors here are temperature and film speed, also possibly emulsion type (? anyone know? I only shoot TriX and HP5 - is TMax more/less succeptible?)). I have had TriX in my house (no A/C) go between 68-70 farenheit and 80-90 farenheit with no problems, and I am famous for forgetting film, (and sometimes even the whole camera!) in my car overnight (the extremes are from about 45-50F to probably 90-100 or more). This cant be great for the film (or camera), but I've never noticed any appreciable fogging on TriX rated as marked (400). Not that I would reccomend this mind you. Bottom line - the consensus seems to be that freezing/refrigerating film is a Good Thing and helps increase the life of the film and prevent heat-related fogging. My film lives in the back of the refrigerator, about 35-40 degrees farenheit. A search of photo.net shows some people storing film as cold as -15 degrees (I'm assuming that's celsius). Cold good. Heat bad. :-D /~mikeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_dunn2 Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 <p><a href="http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/products/techInfo/e30/e30Contents.shtml">Kodak's document on film storage</a> will provide at least part of the answer.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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