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RE: [Digital BW] stockpiling b&w film

2006-04-21 by Paul Roark

> How long can one store say 25 or 50 iso b&w film in a freezer, 5, 10,
> 20 years, ....indefinately?  ...

I've never had relatively slow film go bad in my freezer.  So, it's now full
of Tech Pan (and the refrigerator has enough Technidol developer for all the
film).  Fast film can apparently be exposed by background radiation  --
radon, cosmic rays, etc.  However, I've never heard of that for medium or
slow film.  So, between my personal experience and all I've heard, I'm
assuming my slow B&W film will be good for many years.  I have no idea,
however, how long that is.  I'm assuming a few decades of storage is no
problem.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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