Freezing film, no frost or static freezer?

[Alan Edward Klein]

I don't freeze film - never, ever. Never have, never will.
I won't even buy film that has been stored in the freezer (I made that mistake once).
I do keep some film in the fridge.

Why not?

 

[Sirius Glass]

Why not?

Great question. Especially because when I worked at Kodak they recommended it.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

Great question. Especially because when I worked at Kodak they recommended it.

That's true. I just checked the Kodak spec sheet for Portra and Tmax. Interesting, Fujichrome says you can freeze their film.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Interesting, Fujichrome says you can freeze their film.

Of course you can. It's been a common way of storing film for later use since Nelson lost an eye!
I don't know where that 'never-never-never' stuff came from...

 

[film_man]

Film is not meat. You can put it in the freezer and when you have to deice the freezer you take it out for the day and then put it back in. That's it. You loose a day's freezing if that makes any difference at all (nope). So that's about it. I stopped freezing my film nowadays, as I now only keep <6 months worth of film. I used to buy film for the year and freeze over the summer in the past (and leave in the shed in winter) but not sure it made any difference. So unless you have tons of film you won't use for years (or it is film that is expired and has been sitting around for a while) I would use the freezer for...food!

The important thing is, if you put it in the freezer make sure you have it sealed either in the original pack or a ziploc. Otherwise when it defrosts it will get all lovely wet and foggy inside.

 

[film_man]

Of course you can. It's been a common way of storing film for later use since Nelson lost an eye!
I don't know where that 'never-never-never' stuff came from...

The only film you can't freeze is instant. For the rest I don't see where all that is coming, I mean Kodak has info on defrost times on their spec sheets, eg http://imaging.kodakalaris.com/sites/prod/files/files/products/e4050_portra_400.pdf

 

[mklw1954]

Information from Kodak:
https://kodak.com/global/en/service/tib/tib5202.shtml
https://www.kodak.com/uploadedfiles...wsletters_filmEss_12_Storage_and_Handling.pdf