Storage temperature of film and developers

[railwayman3]

My films for "longer-term-storage" (bulk buys, discontinued films, etc.) are kept in the freezer (plastic storage boxes), or fridge.
Film for current use is kept in a bedroom which does not get direct sun (I'm in the UK, so experiencing the recent "high" temperatures.) No problems, and I'm not worrying if the "current" stocks stay at room temp for the rest of the year.....just hope that those few hot weeks were not the whole of this year's British Summer........

 

[perkeleellinen]

The trend toward keeping film in the freezer seems just ridiculous to me. Like so many things we see the general trend moving toward extremism. Why is that?

I've been thinking about this for a while and excuse me for going off-topic on this. My parents kept the family photos in boxes along with what ever negatives they didn't chuck out. Records were stored downstairs next to the player and videos were there also. Now, I hear of people storing their negatives in fire proof safes, of keeping sets of prints in separate locations, digi shooters backing up every three months and keeping multiple copies online, offline, and at another address, cds get copied and backed up, dvds likewise. Increasingly, I'm hearing of amateurs doing this and they shoot family snaps, general scenes, etc. Or they back up cds and dvds which can be bought in any high street shop. It seems to be that people are more and more afraid of loosing things - and those things are actually not that important in the long run. I remember a guy I knew when I lived in Sweden, he had some huge hard drive full of movies that got corrupted and he lost the lot, he spent days telling people of his loss as if it was a family member. Seems that the more people are able to amass, the more people are worried about losing the lot.