What do/would you horde hoard?

jstraw · Apr 12, 2007

I'm hoarding film-holders, for example. I don't consider that GAS....could be in denial though....

Petzi · Apr 12, 2007

Wayne said:
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.

But you didn't waste your money. It is still usable, and the price probably didn't fall since you bought it.

paul ewins · Apr 12, 2007

I've got a fair chunk of 4x5 in the freezer, but most of that is out of date odds and sods that I have got cheaply, rather than deliberate hoarding. I have, however, got 100 110 cartridges due to be reloaded with 16mm tri-x and plus-x. Twenty would have been enough to get over the inevitable failures when cracking them open to reload but the price for 100 was so cheap that I did the big purchase. The supply seems to have dried up now so I probably did the right thing but it still seems to be way too many.

Daud · Apr 13, 2007

I hoard film and malt whisky, the problem with the latter is: someone keeps drinking it!

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Bryce Parker · Apr 13, 2007

I whored Forte paper in an effort to put off the inevitable- having to learn to use (and like) a new paper.
I may start buying film in quantity since it has become a long drive to get more...

djkloss · Nov 19, 2013

I whorrdid techpan - bulk rolled- in 35mm- and now i'm shooting 8x10 so maybe someday i'll be 90 and can't lift the 8x10 and can still use the 35mm I horded in those early years. that's what i'm saving it for. when i'm as old as imogen cunningham was and i whorded the rodinal too

BradleyK · Nov 21, 2013

"Hoarding" or buying in bulk? Well...when the discontinuation of E100G and E100VS was announced, I picked up about 700 rolls in 35mm and 120 format ("securing supplies," if you will, for a two year-plus project). Generally, though, in order to "write down" the cost per roll, I generally buy my Pan F+, FP4+, HP5+, and Tri-X in 100 roll lots (and will probably do the same in the future with Velvia and Provia). Hoarding? No...not really... lol

IloveTLRs · Nov 21, 2013

I wouldn't say hoard per se, but I have a few rolls of Fortia SP 50 that I bought new the last year it was available. I've been told I could sell them for good money, but I prefer to shoot it instead for special occasions.

EdSawyer · Nov 21, 2013

whorded... LOL.

"whored" ?

I whored out my Tech Pan to the highest bidder...

Vaughn · Nov 21, 2013

It is not hoarding if one actually uses it...

Fixcinater · Nov 21, 2013

EdSawyer said:
I whored out my Tech Pan to the highest bidder...

All of it? I was going to ask if you still had any left after your post in StoneNYC's thread. Should not have waited...

EdSawyer · Nov 21, 2013

I still have all the Tech Pan, I didn't whore it out. I was just having fun with the spelling in one of the previous posts... ;-)

braxus · Apr 30, 2023

braxus said:
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.

The above was my film in my freezer stash back in 2007. I got rid of some of these films, but added much more. This is my dedicated film freezer now below(its no longer just a box inside a deep freeze). Yes I am a hoarder, but its a worthy cause.

AnselMortensen · Apr 30, 2023

Not sure why, but I seem to be acquiring Wollensak LF lenses and shutters at an alarming rate.
I think it must be to keep them out of the hands of hoarders.

ic-racer · Apr 30, 2023

I don't stockpile paper, film or chemistry as those items don't keep. I prefer fresh film, paper and chemistry. I do stockpile working cameras and incandescent lamps.

Sirius Glass · Apr 30, 2023

I do not hoard; I buy up newly discontinued film or film on sale to keep it from the hoarders. A difference with a distinction.

MCB18 · Jun 1, 2023

I don’t have that much film… let’s see, I have 300-ish feet of Vision3 stock, plus like 15 already pre-rolled canisters, and about 100 feet of Agfa Aviphot 200 I’ve cut down to 120 from 70mm, and I have 35 feet of Foto 100 in 120, and 10 sheets of plus-x 3x4, and 100 sheets of Foto 100 3x4… after I do my Agfa cutdown this summer, I’ll probably have 50 more feet of Aviphot in 120, and like… 200 feet of Aviphot in 5 inch roll… oh GOD, I AM a hoarder!

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.

jstraw

Petzi

paul ewins

Daud

Bryce Parker

djkloss

BradleyK

IloveTLRs

EdSawyer

Vaughn

Fixcinater

EdSawyer

braxus

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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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