Freezer, refridgerator or closet?

[kshapero]

Where do you keep your film before using it?

[JeffGreene]

I keep the current week's rolls in the refrigerator along with the filled reloader and the non-current bulk rolls in the freezer.

[kully]

I bought a cheap freezer as someone was leaving the country.

It's curse I tell you, I have 1460 rolls worth of 135/120 film in there now. I only shoot 20-25 rolls per month...

[Rob-F]

I voted for freezer, but I keep some in the freezer and some in the refrigerator. Color film goes in the freezer, as does fast black & white. Slower black & white stays in the refrigerator section. If I know in advance that I will be using some of the film from the freezer, I move it to the refrigerator section a day or two in advance; and from the fridge to cabinet or camera bag a few hours before using it. I keep a roll or two of black & white in the cabinet to have some immediately available.

If I have to use some film from the freezer on short notice, I put it in my pants pocket for an hour before using it. That will warm it enough--or at least I have never had a problem doing this. The main issue with opening it right out of the freezer or fridge is that moisture might condense on it. So I keep the canister shut until it has warmed, before opening.

[FallisPhoto]

You need to add a selection to your poll: "All of the above." I have some in the freezer, some in the refrigerator and some in a bag in my closet.

[drewbarb]

I'm all over the place. The majority of my film is kept in the freezer for long term storage. There's also a fridge full of film and paper (and beer) outside my darkroom, and various rolls stashed in camera bags and pockets. When ever I buy film, I buy more than I think I'll need for a given project or period of time, and put more in the freezer. The hardest part is rotating old stuff out to be shot and new film into the freezer for safe-keeping; I have a bad habit of letting older film sit and shooting newer stuff.

[kshapero]

Lets modify the question: Where do you keep most of your film? I am working down 2 cubes of Ilford XP-2 Super. That lives in the freezer, everything else is in an air conditioned closet.

[navilluspm]

In the summer I keep it in freezer, in the winter I keep it in the attic or the garage.

[SolaresLarrave]

Color and fast B&W go to the freezer. The rest (B&W mostly, and color C-41) go in my cool closet. I clicked freezer, though, because that's where the bulk of my inventory is right now... about 60 rolls of Provia ISO 400, among other things. I'm a happy guy¡

[nikon_sam]

Some in the frige and some in the camera closet...color film that will be use quickly will also go in the closet...

[Photon42]

Just don't have any space left in the freezer. Photog died on hunger don't take many pictures Would do otherwise.

Ivo

[raid]

Originally Posted by JeffGreene

I keep the current week's rolls in the refrigerator along with the filled reloader and the non-current bulk rolls in the freezer.

Hey; you stole my reply!

[oscroft]

I've never got much more than about 50 rolls at any one time, and I keep it in the fridge.

[cosmonot]

Bulk rolls in the freezer, loaded cassettes in the fridge, and a whole lot of stuff in camera bags/messenger bags/backpacks/jacket pockets. Once it's out of the fridge, I don't put it back.

[Al Patterson]

I said just about anywhere, as I have short-dated and expired film in the fridge, newer film in my camera bag in the closet, and at least one roll in a camera bag in my car. Trunk, boot, whatever you call it...

[gb hill]

I have some in drawers. Some in the closet. Some in my camera bags, & some in a freezer bag in the fridge. I buy alot of expired film that sits in a film bin at room temp. Some film is dated 2001. I have shot that stuff knowing full well it's never been in a fridge with know problem at all.

[Pherdinand]

i keep it in the fridge.
What i noticed is: 3 years outdated C41 film ("pro" series) goes wrong in the fridge.
3 years outdated slide film does not.
They come from the same place, they are both Fuji, they were kept the same way.

[Pherdinand]

by the way, kodak's BWc41 says clearly on the box, that it may be kept refrigerated but it is not necessary. Of course, this is only valid for still-within-date film.

[irq506]

Well... its a bit of a saga with me.
I bought a few rolls of Neopan 400 in bulk before they discontinued it, and then I found a few more and I bought them as well, and then my order for another few came in from B&H. Then I got a deal on ten tins of various kinds of film in 100' rolls, and then someone gave me some, I got a deal on sixteen tins of all kinds of 100' rolls and by that time, I was asking the stores Id been buying from if they wouldnt mind actually holding on to it for me because Id got nowhere to put it.
The last time I counted I had 76 100' rolls scattered across the greater seattle area in a few friends freezers and a few stores also.
maybe thats something I should attend to this weekend...

[infrequent]

all of my film right now is recently expired...so all in a box in the freezer.

[Keith]

Closet ... what closet? Is that you Tom ... Katy's not in there with you is she? C'mon Tom come out of the closet!

I think bulk film collecting is just another form of GAS where you wind up with everything you think you need and actually use very little of it and start to feel lost and guilty!

[Keith]

Originally Posted by irq506

Well... its a bit of a saga with me.
I bought a few rolls of Neopan 400 in bulk before they discontinued it, and then I found a few more and I bought them as well, and then my order for another few came in from B&H. Then I got a deal on ten tins of various kinds of film in 100' rolls, and then someone gave me some, I got a deal on sixteen tins of all kinds of 100' rolls and by that time, I was asking the stores Id been buying from if they wouldnt mind actually holding on to it for me because Id got nowhere to put it.
The last time I counted I had 76 100' rolls scattered across the greater seattle area in a few friends freezers and a few stores also.
maybe thats something I should attend to this weekend...

I just got out my calculator ... that's one and a half miles of film dude ... you have problems!

... to make it sound even more bizzare you would have to take a photograph every minute of every day for just under a full year to use that much film ...

[sienarot]

I'm all over the place. Stuff I intend to use in the short term (in the next week or two) I leave out on my desk or in my camera bag, especially the BW stuff. Stuff I think I'll be using soon is stored in the fridge. The long outdated film as well as the film I don't plan on using anytime soon goes into the freezer.

The fresh stuff (which I rarely buy any of) can sit in room temperature for a bit until I start using up the older stock to make room.

I recently got into large format, so I'm re-hoarding all my favorite films in 4x5, so that's sitting in my bench (near my cold window) at the moment until I can find a place to store it. I should've just left them all at the post office until I needed them! Hahaha!

I've actually started storing some of my film in my office mini-fridge at work too. It frees up a bit of space at home, plus you'll never know when you'll need some emergency film to unwind with after a busy day at the office.

[ruben]

Originally Posted by JeffGreene

I keep the current week's rolls in the refrigerator along with the filled reloader and the non-current bulk rolls in the freezer.

The same here

[raid]

When you live in a warm place like Florida, keeping film cool is a must. What closet? I don't have airconditoned closets.