Room temperature is probably better, particularly if it is air conditioned room temperature.
Avoid high temperatures, and high humidity.
You know, like Toronto in summer.
The challenge presented by a refrigerator is the transition and the humidity.
Unopened, unexposed film is protected from the humidity.
120 film, with its backing paper, is a magnet for moisture in the air. 35mm cassettes don't provide a lot of protection from that moisture, and the plastic containers can actually trap it inside.
All that being said, lots of film has survived a Toronto summer in the past, even before air conditioning!
I survived the first 5 years of my life there - but any time I visited later, I thought the summer humidity would be the end of me!
Kodak's recommendation is keep it in the canister at room temperature. Refrigerating film slows down the aging of the emulsion - it doesn't have any impact of the image already on the film. Plus, as Matt said, moisture is a significant danger.
many thanks for this. Room temperature it is!
Toronto, you call that humid? I gather you guys have never spent a summer in Mississippi. And consider, summer equals May through late October. That said, I keep exposed film at room temperature. But room temperature is air conditioned here. In the car, I use a cooler for film but do not have any of the ice packs in it.I survived the first 5 years of my life there - but any time I visited later, I thought the summer humidity would be the end of me!
Toronto, you call that humid? I gather you guys have never spent a summer in Mississippi. And consider, summer equals May through late October. That said, I keep exposed film at room temperature. But room temperature is air conditioned here. In the car, I use a cooler for film but do not have any of the ice packs in it.
Nice move! I'd like to do that someday!This thread reminded me why I moved from Toronto to California. I hated the humidity, not to mention the winters.
Toronto, you call that humid? I gather you guys have never spent a summer in Mississippi. And consider, summer equals May through late October. That said, I keep exposed film at room temperature. But room temperature is air conditioned here. In the car, I use a cooler for film but do not have any of the ice packs in it.
Heh hehThe danger of Toronto is that the heat and humidity surprises you.
It is sort of like the Spanish Inquisition of climate conditions.
And you know, no one ever ....
I highly recommend it, if you can do it.Nice move! I'd like to do that someday!
Silica gel packs + ziplock bags. I always store film in them.
Some of my exposed film (Velvia and Tmax) has been left in the trunk of my car for months on end during the summer without any noticeable effect before I finally get around to process it (Just remembered, there's some there right now I ought to get processed). Maybe the extra heat makes up for my exposure mistakes.
That may be why many older cameras and lenses from the Japanese ePrey vendors suffer from fungus issues. Today, I think most Japanese households have air conditioning, but 20 or 30 years, many did not.
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