How many film do you have in stock?

rayonline_nz · Apr 19, 2019

There are times when I shoot film a bit more and other times I on a break. Trying to get my film stock levels down rather than thinking I can freeze my film and I can use them years down the road. Currently I have ..

6x Fuji Acros 100 - 120
5x Fuji Proviva 100 - 120
5x Fuji Velvia 50 - 135
1x Kodak E100G - 120 (expired 2014 hahah) - bought fresh
1x Fuji Velvia 50 - 120 (expired 2015 hahah). - bought fresh
1x Ilford Delta 100 - 120
1x Ilford Delta 100 - 135.

1x bulk roll of Ilford HP5 = 135
1x bulk roll of Fuji MS slide film - 135 (given to me) - no idea what i gonna do with this, esp paying $8US to develop with 20yr old film given to me.

Edit
Actually 95% of them are all expired but within 12 months ago. 98% of the film I use them past the expiry. Yep .... 100% bought fresh.

MattKing · Apr 19, 2019

https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/35mm-slide-film-for-sale-lots-of-it.165783/
Plus a couple of 100 foot cans of 35mm bulk film, A number of pro-packs of 120 TMX and TMY, including some that are from the problem emulsions, a significant number of pro-packs of 120 Portra in the freezer/refrigerator, eight (IIRC) pro-packs of frozen 120 Ektachrome an a whole swack of 35mm Kodachrome that I was given after it became impossible to have it properly developed.
Plus a few miscellaneous other things.

1kgcoffee · Apr 19, 2019

Around 400 rolls

Vaughn · Apr 19, 2019

I live alone so half the fridge is sheet film (4x5, 5x7, and 8x10, but I have to find room for the 11x14 before summer!)

Sirius Glass · Apr 19, 2019

I have lost track of the film inventory years ago. I just order any film when I notice a film is getting low. 35mm, 120, 4"x5" sheet film, 35mm film loaded into Tessina cassettes.

Theo Sulphate · Apr 19, 2019

My stock ranges from 8x11 Minox, to 110, to 35mm, 120, 4x5, Fuji pack film, and Polaroid.

A mix of color, B&W, and infrared.

Film speeds 25 to 400.

Usually no more than 6 to 8 "camera loadable units" (*) of film, so not a huge stock, really. I have just one box of 50 4x5 sheets.

So, only about half the refrigerator is filled with film -- still more film than food, though.

(*) e.g. a roll of 35mm or a Minox cassette.

Kevin Caulfield · Apr 19, 2019

I'm down to my last 58 rolls of Acros 100 in 120. I still have about 20 rolls of Agfa Scala and maybe about 10 rolls of APX 100. I'm down to my last 3 or so rolls of HP5. Plus a few other random things.

abruzzi · Apr 19, 2019

I have about 40-50 rolls of 120, and about 50-60 rolls of 135, but I don't generally bother with an inventory.

Helios 1984 · Apr 19, 2019

I have 30 rolls of 35mm, 14 cartridges of APS and about 70ft of Eastman 5302. The B/W tend to get consumed faster than the colours.

KN4SMF · Apr 19, 2019

I only have a hundred foot roll of Arista edu ultra 400. Because I'm Im interested mainly in infrared and it's the cheapest way to achieve that.

bdial · Apr 20, 2019

About .141 cubic meters (or 5 cubic feet) in various sizes and types.

benjiboy · Apr 20, 2019

without doing an inventory I have about 80 rolls of 135 colour film in my freezer mainly Fuji Reala, 400X, Provia, Fujicolor 160N and 400H 100 Kodak Portra 100 and 400.

abruzzi · Apr 20, 2019

KN4SMF said:
I only have a hundred foot roll of Arista edu ultra 400. Because I'm Im interested mainly in infrared and it's the cheapest way to achieve that.

Fomapan 400/Arista 400 are IR sensitive?

KN4SMF · Apr 20, 2019

abruzzi said:
Fomapan 400/Arista 400 are IR sensitive?

Yep. I've done it, although it's about a 4 second exposure

Alan9940 · Apr 20, 2019

I have everything from 35mm up to 8x10 in a freezer. I long ago lost track of the actual inventory because I bought a selection of items from a local photographer and he gave me a "bucket full" of 35mm, 120, and 4x5 film. I simply tossed it all into zip-lock freezer bags and it went into storage. Suffice it to say, if I don't buy anymore film (yeah, like that's going to happen!) I'm probably set for the rest of my life!

KN4SMF · Apr 20, 2019

https://emulsive.org/reviews/film-review-fomapan-400-arista-edu-ultra-400#

destroya · Apr 20, 2019

too much. but then, not enough

Sal Santamaura · Apr 20, 2019

rayonline_nz said:
...Trying to get my film stock levels down rather than thinking I can freeze my film and I can use them years down the road...

With respect to the black and white, there's no reason not to think you can freeze film and use it years down the road. I have 2,000 sheets of 5x7 320TXP (as well as 100 8x10 sheets of the same emulsion) in our freezer. Last week, I opened and exposed the oldest 5x7 -- expiration date 10/2012, probably received and cold stored 18 months before then. After developing it and comparing the results to negatives made on the same film when it was new, I can detect no significant differences. All sensitometric results are similar, including film base + fog.

As far as color is concerned, I have no personal experience with long-term frozen storage. However, Tuan Luong, founder of the Large Format Photography Forum, recently related that he got good results from frozen Fuji Astia when its sealed inner packet was first opened, but deterioration of remaining sheets was rather quick after that. See this and subsequent posts:

https://www.largeformatphotography....th-LF-camera&p=1489763&viewfull=1#post1489763

LeftCoastKid · Apr 20, 2019

At the moment: 1) In 35mm: Two bricks plus 5 loose rolls of E100G (PB 01/14); One brick plus 2 loose rolls of E100VS (PB 01/14); Three bricks of Tri-X (PB 0720); four loose rolls of HP5+ (PB 03/22?).

2) In 120: Nine pro-packs plus 3 loose rolls of E100G; One brick of PanF+ (PB 05/21) plus five loose rolls (PB 03/17); two pro-packs of Tri-X (5/20)

All reside in my freezer except the loose rolls of HP5+ and the bricks of the 35mm Tri-X.

Pentode · Apr 20, 2019

I have a whole lot. I buy film whenever I see a good deal. I shoot a fair amount so I know it's never going to be around more than a couple of years at most.

I have a small, dormitory-style refrigerator that I use for film only and it's about half full or maybe a bit more than half. The small freezer section contains about 60 rolls of infrared film and the rest of the fridge is about 20% E-6 and the rest black and white. I have about 100 rolls of various speed b&w and several 100', 200' and 400' rolls waiting to be spooled into cassettes. I'm good for a while. But if I spot a good deal....

EDIT: I also keep roll film in the fridge but I tend not to keep as much of it. I have around 35 rolls of 120 and another 20 or so of 127. I try not to keep the roll film as long because I worry about moisture and backing paper issues. I do grab 127 whenever I see it available, though.

Sirius Glass · Apr 20, 2019

abruzzi said:
Fomapan 400/Arista 400 are IR sensitive?

KN4SMF said:
Yep. I've done it, although it's about a 4 second exposure

Try Rollei IR 400

Sirius Glass · Apr 20, 2019

Sal Santamaura said:
With respect to the black and white, there's no reason not to think you can freeze film and use it years down the road. I have 2,000 sheets of 5x7 320TXP (as well as 100 8x10 sheets of the same emulsion) in our freezer. Last week, I opened and exposed the oldest 5x7 -- expiration date 10/2012, probably received and cold stored 18 months before then. After developing it and comparing the results to negatives made on the same film when it was new, I can detect no significant differences. All sensitometric results are similar, including film base + fog.

As far as color is concerned, I have no personal experience with long-term frozen storage. However, Tuan Luong, founder of the Large Format Photography Forum, recently related that he got good results from frozen Fuji Astia when its sealed inner packet was first opened, but deterioration of remaining sheets was rather quick after that. See this and subsequent posts:

https://www.largeformatphotography....th-LF-camera&p=1489763&viewfull=1#post1489763

I have had no bad side effects with color film, slide and C-41, that has been frozen for over 10 years. I also have Kodak UltraColor 135 and 120 as well as Kodak VividColor 135, 120, and 4"x5".

macfred · Apr 20, 2019

About 40 rolls 135mm and nearly 300 rolls 120 - I will have to do some inventory soon.

Adrian Bacon · Apr 20, 2019

rayonline_nz said:
There are times when I shoot film a bit more and other times I on a break. Trying to get my film stock levels down rather than thinking I can freeze my film and I can use them years down the road. Currently I have ..

6x Fuji Acros 100 - 120
5x Fuji Proviva 100 - 120
5x Fuji Velvia 50 - 135
1x Kodak E100G - 120 (expired 2014 hahah) - bought fresh
1x Fuji Velvia 50 - 120 (expired 2015 hahah). - bought fresh
1x Ilford Delta 100 - 120
1x Ilford Delta 100 - 135.

1x bulk roll of Ilford HP5 = 135
1x bulk roll of Fuji MS slide film - 135 (given to me) - no idea what i gonna do with this, esp paying $8US to develop with 20yr old film given to me.

Edit
Actually 95% of them are all expired but within 12 months ago. 98% of the film I use them past the expiry. Yep .... 100% bought fresh.

I currently have about a hundred sheets of 4x5 in TMY, FP4, Ektar, and Portra 160, about 100 rolls of 120, quite a lot of that is panf and delta 400, but also have some HP5 and fomapan 200 in 120 along with Fuji 400H and iirc a box or two of acros. In 135 I have several hundred rolls consisting of at least a brick each of pretty much every emulsion you can reasonably buy here in the US. I shoot around a lot and try different emulsions and developments, though I do have some personal favorites.

That’s my personal stash. I also sell film online and have significantly more of quite a few different emulsions listed for sale in various online market places.

abruzzi · Apr 20, 2019

Sirius Glass said:
Try Rollei IR 400

For the last couple months I’ve been shooting Rollei 400S with a R720 filter and it’s still sensitive enough to handhold (on a rangefinder, obviously.). I’m building up to shooting the 8 rolls of HIE in my freezer.

How many film do you have in stock?

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