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Re: [OM] Refrigerate Film?

Subject: Re: [OM] Refrigerate Film?
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 18:04:08 -0500
Yup. I have a little refrigerator like the kind students have in their dorm
rooms for all my film.  I recently shot a roll of Kodachrome 25 which
expired in 1992.  Looked OK; well, looked like Kodachrome.

However, I think it's probably overkill.  However, I'm into overkill.

Joel

At 01:45 PM 7/7/1998 -0400, you wrote:
>I keep some film in the freezer, most film in the lower right vegetable draw.
>
>John
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>Bob Christopher wrote:
>
>> To this day I still refrigerate all my film. I'm not sure it's as
necessary as
>> it used to be given the forgiving nature of most of today's color neg
>> film, but Tri-X hasn't changed much in 20 years. I have never noticed
>> any adverse effects from refrigeration. In my car I always keep a
>> loaded camera in the console and an extra roll of ISO 200 film. To
>> keep the heat to a minimum, it's all in a small styrofoam box.
>>
>> Bob Christopher
>>
>> Brian E. Robinson wrote:
>>
>> > Do most people refrigerate film or leave it out? I live in SoCal and the
>> > house gets into the high 80's at times (when the A/C is off). Is it
>> > better for me to put my film in the fridge?
>>
>>
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