What do/would you horde hoard?

Alex Bishop-Thorpe · Apr 10, 2007

I'm going to buy some more Fortia to have for a rainy day (well, sunny, rather), but most of the time you have to keep some sort of stockpile. I have 20 rolls of Kodak Max, but that's not hoarding so much as it was really cheap at the time.

David Brown · Apr 10, 2007

Books.

Lord knows that once the internet dominates the world, publishing will die.

Snapshot · Apr 10, 2007

Terence said:
As a NYC bachelor, I find it advantageous to have my freezer filled with film. That way I can show it to potential girlfriends and say, "Look. There isn't any room in there for heads or limbs. I can't possibly be a psycho killer."

I think I'll try this as a pick-up line.

jstraw · Apr 10, 2007

PHOTOTONE said:
I think hoarding is the wrong term. Stockpiling is more like it. I have to stock a lot of materials because like a lot of you out there, there is no local or regional vendor that stocks anything. I think I have about 2000 sheets of 4x5 b/w for now.

I think the terms are mostly interchangeable. I guess I choose the somewhat more loaded term because it intentionally reflects the rather more defensive posture related to "doomsday" scenarios, as distinct from merely maintaining an inventory.

gr82bart · Apr 11, 2007

jstraw said:
I guess I choose the somewhat more loaded term because it intentionally reflects the rather more defensive posture related to "doomsday" scenarios, as distinct from merely maintaining an inventory.

With that explanation, the term is perfect for most APUGers.

Regards, Art. (Can I change my hoard to a harem? A guy can dream, right?)

BWGirl · Apr 11, 2007

Terence said:
As a NYC bachelor, I find it advantageous to have my freezer filled with film. That way I can show it to potential girlfriends and say, "Look. There isn't any room in there for heads or limbs. I can't possibly be a psycho killer."

Wow! I'm surprised you haven't been "snapped up" by someone with that great line!

Be careful... the next woman you date could actually marry you for your film stash!

braxus · Apr 11, 2007

I stockpile film since many of them are long gone. I have some rolls of:

Super 8mm Kodachrome
APX 25 in 35mm and 120
Agfa Ultra 50 in 120
Agfa Ultra 100 in 35mm
APX 400 in 120
Agfa RSX 50 in 120 and 35mm
Panatomic X in 35mm and 120
Super XX in 4x5
Kodak Pro 100 (PRN) in 120
Ektar 25 in 120
35mm, 120, and 4x5 Plus X
35mm and 120 Tri-X
120 Verichrome Pan
120 and 35mm Fuji Fortia
120 Konica Impressa 50
120 Kodachrome 64
120 Lumiere 100
Forte 400 35mm
Fuji Super G 35mm
35mm Gold 100
120 Pan F
4x5 and 120 Efke 25
120 Velvia 50
120 Reala
4x5 FP4+
35mm FP4+ and HP5+
120 Delta 400
120 100UC and 400UC
35mm and 120 of new Portras

I also used to have some rolls of Tech Pan 120, APX 100 4x5, Royal Gold 25 and 100, and Gold 100 120. Im also using the only roll of 35mm Kodachrome 25 I have as well. All of this fits nicely into a 2 foot by 1.5 foot by 1 foot box in the deep freeze.

Terence · Apr 11, 2007

BWGirl said:
Wow! I'm surprised you haven't been "snapped up" by someone with that great line! Be careful... the next woman you date could actually marry you for your film stash!

You know what they say about men with big freezers . . .

Brian Miller · Apr 11, 2007

braxus, is that stockpiling or just having a bunch of miscellaneous rolls of film you haven't shot?

I only stockpile film when it is going to be discontinued and there absolutely isn't an alternative. So I have 4x5 HIE and Ilford SFX in my freezer. I missed out on Techpan, so I only have 1-1/2 boxes of 4x5 TP. (Fuji Acros developed in Finedol may be an alternative, but I need to order Finedol.)

markw · Apr 11, 2007

Two items

I hoard:
~40 rolls of Efke/Maco 127 for my Exaktas
Stellenbosch Pinotage

Drank the second and chewing through the first at a frightening speed

braxus · Apr 11, 2007

Brian Miller said:
braxus, is that stockpiling or just having a bunch of miscellaneous rolls of film you haven't shot?

To be honest I sold the majority of the good films you see on my list above and kept a couple rolls left for myself. So much of the above list I only have a few rolls of at most. But some I have more. But I don't have any major number of any film (except the 100 foot rolls) since I honestly dont shoot that often. Thats why the box is the size it is instead of a whole freezer. The 4x5 boxes are taking up a lot of the room in my box. Those are still mostly full though. I forgot to mention I also have some rolls of Fuji 50D and 100D. I haven't tested those to even see if they are usable or not. Plus some rolls of 35mm Velvia (original). There is more but they are basically 1 roll stuff.

I think when I sold the majority of the good films (I got over $300 US for it all), the best I got was $20 a roll of Ektar 25 in 120. Funny thing is I thought there wasn't any left, but I wasn't thorough enough in my box and found another 3 rolls of the stuff. I decided to keep that. Someday I'll use it on something special that Ektar 25 is good for- like maybe the Grand Canyon with my 6x7.

Sparky · Apr 11, 2007

Terence said:
As a NYC bachelor, I find it advantageous to have my freezer filled with film. That way I can show it to potential girlfriends and say, "Look. There isn't any room in there for heads or limbs. I can't possibly be a psycho killer."

I keep my film together with the limbs. The heads get leaky if the power goes out and messes up the film..!

braxus · Apr 11, 2007

Sparky said:
I keep my film together with the limbs. The heads get leaky if the power goes out and messes up the film..!

You should try using some Fortia 50 or Agfa Ultra 50 on those body parts. That will really bring out the blood color in the limbs!

athanasius80 · Apr 11, 2007

Had I not been an idiot, I would have hoarded all the 120 Verichrome Pan I found in London in 2002. But I'm poor, I buy it a box at a time.

Curt · Apr 11, 2007

I decided to not hoard any photo stuff and am considering down sizing to only one or two sizes. It's a sickness to be hoarding. Keeping a fair amount of working materials is fine but to stock up just to be collecting is really not where it's at.

Terence · Apr 11, 2007

Sparky said:
I keep my film together with the limbs. The heads get leaky if the power goes out and messes up the film..!

That's easy to say if all you do is headshots . . .

Sirius Glass · Apr 11, 2007

Keeping body parts in the freeze!?!?!?!

That's just COLD!

Steve

film_guy · Apr 12, 2007

I have 10 rolls of Fuji Superia Xtra 400/800, 3 rolls of BW400CN, 5 rolls of XP2 Super, 5 rolls of Tri-X and a few rolls of Fuji N800Z in a zip-loc bag. I guess the reason why I stash some film away is because I'm afraid they'll go up in price due to the rising cost of buying film locally.

PKM-25 · Apr 12, 2007

Since I have been busy chewing through some 1,600 rolls of Kodachrome, I have not been shooting much black and white so I am stocking up for now.

I have a boatload at this point:

50 rolls 35mm ADOX CMS 20
1200 feet 35mm TechPan
500 feet 35mm Efke 25
500 feet 35mm Ilford HP5
1,000 feet 35mm Ilford Delta 400
1,000 feet 35mm Ilford PanF
2,000 feet 35mm Agfa APX 100

75 rolls 120mm TechPan
500 rolls 120mm Ilford PanF

The bulk rolls pretty much stay in deep freeze for use 5-10 years from now. I also have about 100 rolls of the above for use much sooner.

...I plan on stocking up more, but I need to complete my Kodachrome project first.

film_guy · Apr 12, 2007

PKM-25 said:
The bulk rolls pretty much stay in deep freeze for use 5-10 years from now. I also have about 100 rolls of the above for use much sooner.

Aren't you afraid of the B&W film fogging up in 5 to 10 years?

jstraw · Apr 12, 2007

Curt said:
I decided to not hoard any photo stuff and am considering down sizing to only one or two sizes. It's a sickness to be hoarding. Keeping a fair amount of working materials is fine but to stock up just to be collecting is really not where it's at.

Just to be collecting?

I can't imagine ANYONE that's participating in this thread is hoarding in order to build a collection.

Wayne · Apr 12, 2007

I hoarded a bunch of Rodinal before Agfa went belly up. Not one of my better investment ideas, although I did sell one bottle for $40 before it came out again. Shoulda sold it all.

Wayne

Sirius Glass · Apr 12, 2007

Just a minute ...

Please clear this up for me ...

Is G.A.S. hoarding???

Interested readers want to know!

Steve

jstraw · Apr 12, 2007

fparnold · Apr 12, 2007

GAS could be hoarding if you're saving a narrow model range in various states of repair, just to make sure you always have spare parts. Surely there have to be some M42 or Leica hoarders lurking here in the background. (probably claiming that they're sensibly investing to make sure they have something to shoot all that Tri-X they've also hoarded with)

It's at least Packratting, and might be considered pre-emptive archeaology. (why waste time digging it up later if I don't let them bury it in the first place?)

What do/would you horde hoard?

My Hoarding Policy

I hoard film.

I hoard paper.

I hoard chemistry.

I may hoard someday.

I will never join the hoarding horde.

Alex Bishop-Thorpe

David Brown

Snapshot

jstraw

gr82bart

BWGirl

braxus

Terence

Brian Miller

markw

braxus

Sparky

braxus

athanasius80

Curt

Terence

Sirius Glass

film_guy

PKM-25

film_guy

jstraw

Wayne

Sirius Glass

jstraw

fparnold

What do/would you horde hoard?

My Hoarding Policy

I hoard film.

I hoard paper.

I hoard chemistry.

I may hoard someday.

I will never join the hoarding horde.

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