Film when travelling?

Hi,

How do you carry your exposd 120 film? I seem to recall a hard case that would hold 20 or more rolls in order to be safe for rough travel but I can't find one anywhere.

How do you handle your film, especially a large number of rolls when travelling?

Thanks,

Mark

I know it's only for single rolls, but I cut 35mm plastic canisters in half (ish) and tape them together to make 120 sized canisters. I found that I have damaged 120 film by leaving it unprotected while bumping around in my bag.

The Rollei range of 120 films come in a plastic container similar to 35mm film. I pop the exposed film in and put a label on with exposure/subject details etc. I suppose you could take a few together to make a carrier for multiple films.

Rob

I travel with about an average (80-100) 120 rolls. Average trip 7 days, 12 - 13 rolls per day allowence. When traveling with car I keep exposed and unexposed Film in their boxes/foil and they go into seperate cooler bags 1 for exposed. 1 for unexposed. Haven't had a problem yet. Just need to remeber not to put backpack on top of them.

What is your mode of travel? I generally fly then drive so I prefer to have my film hand checked by the TSA. I take all the rolls (Ilford) out of the boxes and the foil wrappers and keep them in a nylon mesh bag (chum bag) and carry some zip lock bags just in case. The unexposed rolls are wrapped white and when exposed and rewound the wrapper is black. I suppose if you want a rigid container, find a Tupperware kitchen container of the appropriate size - waterproof, dust proof and the contents are visible and they are light weight.
Jeff

Freestytle sells two different varieties of black plastic canister for 120 films. I have stocked up a bunch of them to contain exposed (and unexposed for that matter) film. Lately I've been putting a piece of masking tape on the top with the film type written in. After finishing the film, I move the tape down onto the side so it sort of locks the removable top as an indicator the film is exposed. Size-wise, I prefer the one that has a hinged flip-up lid, although I suspect the other variety with telescoping screw-together sections may last longer.

The last trek where I took a dozen or more rolls, I prepared some zip-lock bags with a folded hunk of black construction paper inside and buried exposed rolls in my (carry-on) luggage. I believe Lowepro or one of the bag makers sells a softsided bag designed to carry quite a pile of film, also.

I gots some pill-type canisters that are dark brown from Harbor Freight. they came in a 50 cap. box.

i think it was like 5-7 bucks for the box on sale. might try that. I finally settled on NOT using them for that intended purpose, but using them for small screws, odd doo-dads, etc....


-Dan