Freezing film in vacuum sealed bags

[alanrockwood]

It seems that one of the objections to freezing film is condensation. It occurred to me that one might mitigate the condensation problem by putting the film in vacuum sealed bags before freezing. Vacuum sealers are pretty inexpensive these days. For example I checked Amazon.com today and they have one listed at $29.99.

Has anyone here tried freezing their film in vacuum sealed bags?

 

[RalphLambrecht]

It seems that one of the objections to freezing film is condensation. It occurred to me that one might mitigate the condensation problem by putting the film in vacuum sealed bags before freezing. Vacuum sealers are pretty inexpensive these days. For example I checked Amazon.com today and they have one listed at $29.99.

Has anyone here tried freezing their film in vacuum sealed bags?

That's pretty obvious and has been done for decades!

 

[glbeas]

You would want to seal a silica gel pack in with the film to get the leftover moisture after pulling the air, its not a perfect vacuum by any means.

 

[Rick A]

Yes, I used to keep a very large stash of film in a deep freeze in vacuum sealed bags. It works very well for "peace of mind", but with unopened packages of film not really necessary. It does offer insurance should the freezer (or power) fail and it defrosts.

 

[Philippe-Georges]

I freeze (E6) film before the expiring date, and can keep that way 'fresh' film of the same batch number for decades.
And defrost them, wrapped in a towel to suck up the moister, in the refrigerator for 24h, then let it acclimatise at room temperature before opening the sealed wrap.

I talk about 120 roll- and sheet film...