Re: [Leica] film freeze: uncool?

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

I have frozen film for years without any apparent loss of quality.   This
goes for color as well as B&W.   I have some Plus X and some 2479 which has
been frozen for over ten years.   I allow twelve hours for the film to thaw
out.
Roland Smith
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Bennett" <guy.bennett@wanadoo.fr>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 1:19 AM
Subject: [Leica] film freeze: uncool?


> >I hope someone has the definitive answer to this....
> >
> >In my new house in Switzerland the fridge is quite small and I suspect
> >that my wife prefers to keep food in it rather than my films. On the
> >other hand, there is a huge freezer in the basement. I recall someone
> >saying that freezing film is not good for some reason, which I forgot.
> >What is the scoop? My impression is that freezing is OK as long as one
> >allows the film 12 hours to come up to room temperature before opening
> >the plastic canister.
> >
> >TIA.
> >
> >Nathan
>
> nathan and other film chillers:
>
> could putting film in the FREEZER, and then having to let it thaw before
> using it, possibly be bad for the film? i know some folks like to keep
> their film in the fridge (thus wasting space that might otherwise house
> inedible leftovers), but putting the film on ice in the freezer just seems
> too radical to contemplate. what is the word on this chilling technique???
>
> guy (who keeps his film in a cool closet, on a dark shelf, behind the
socks)
>
> p.s. nathan, was your question 'what is the scoop?' rhetorical, or just a
> bad pun? (it sent my mind a-racing through the litany of 31 flavors...)
>