I sometimes will take just one or two shots on sheet film, then maybe nothing
else for a while, like a month or two, or more sometimes. Unless it's
something I really need to see, I just hold it until I've got at least 8 or 10
sheets to develop, so I wrap the film holder tightly in aluminum foil*, put it
in a plastic freezer baggie, and store it in the fridge until I've got the
requisite number for a dip and dunk. I've never noticed any degradation, but
it might not show up over the course of a few months anyway. Nevertheless, my
practice is, if it ain't in a camera, it's in the fridge, and it ain't ever in
a camera more than 90 days, no matter what.
Walt
*Plastic baggies, despite all the advertising, aren't really air-tight,
allowing molecules to wander out and about fairly freely, which is why
drug-sniffing dogs find the "imported" stuff wrapped in plastic, no matter how
many layers. Aluminum foil, on the other hand, is air-tight, which is why I
wrap my refrigerated film holders in it to prevent any condensation that might
occur during inadvertent temperature changes. Successful drug smugglers know
this. Don't tell the DEA I told you.
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> That is interesting. I have read many times that film once exposed for
> photographic purposes deteriorates much more rapidly than unexposed
> film. Thus, the frequent advise not to leave film in the camera for
> long period. I used to do that and never noticed deterioration after
> close to a year though. I wonder whether Xray exposure could start a
> deterioration process though.
>
> At any rate, film is a photochemical process and chemistry is always
> slowed by low temperatures.
>
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