Paranoia about Kodak's Chapter 11 filing has me considering buy a large amount of Tri-X for hoarding... I only have 7 120 rolls, and 3 135 rolls in the freezer... NOT enough to last my lifetime if they yank Kodak's film production!
Taken with an Apple iPhone 4, Hipstamatic (Lens: Libatique 73, Film: Dream Canvas)
I'm getting scurred too. For your stuff in the freezer - do you put the film in a container, like a Tupperware or something, and then freeze the whole lot like that?
@beautifulthing Boo, I just accidentally deleted your comment. But anyways, another thing I do is put it in the fridge to unthaw it before using it. That's the sucky thing about freezing, you can't just yank a roll out and use it right away
@hmgphotos Also good to know (and no worries about the comments, I am the queen of doing that with my chubby fingers on my iPhone).
I just had a photo buying fail - I'm taking a film class next month and the instructor wants everyone to use Tmax 400, so I go looking on Amazon and find some for $.95 a roll plus $4.99 shipping. And I'm thinking...SCORE. Yeah. That's PER ROLL. Which, when one ordered 35 rolls, added up. Order, cancelled. Sigh.
@beautifulthing Gotta love how people sell film. That happens on ebay... cheap film, but $10 shipping. I've never used Tmax, though some in my photo class did. Always stuck to Tri-X as you can murder it and it still comes out.
@kerristephens Yep, actually helps preserve it. Many photo stores actually keep their film in fridges, kinda like produce
@hmgphotos I'm not sure that I've ever used Tmax either, it's always been TriX for me for b&w. I guess he wants everyone on the same film, which I sort of get.
I've always kept my stuff in the fridge, but I think the Kodak I'm going to start freezing. Just in case. Tear!
@beautifulthing Teachers like to do that so it's easy to teach developing. My teacher back in the day required Tri-X, haha! Then in more advance semesters we could use whatever.
Heidi your comment reminds me of a Seinfeld episode in which Elaine must decide on whether a person is "sponge-worthy" or not. It looks like you may need to undertake a rationing of some sort to ensure longevity of the film you have left :-)
Midwest Photo Exchange in town here (Columbus, OH) has skads of it. I think Kodak will be fine, though. It is a reorg. Same as GM, etc. We may see some amazing things from Kodak because of it!
@beautifulthing
scum bags!! I'd ignore their brand-rules and just get a big bag of cheapo expired film of eBay, film is cheap, that's why its fun - then you can show up the rest when your pics are better!
@chewyteeth I can see why teachers would do it... I know when I took a class, the first day of developing we partnered up, two rolls in a tank so they liked that everyone had the same so developing characteristics were similar. Granted, there was the odd kid with Ilford amongst the Kodak that would throw things off. After the initial day it was more of a free for all. My teacher didn't mind thinking outside the box as long as you knew what you were doing and weren't constantly getting blank rolls every time you went to develop.
I have a bunch of cheap Shanghai GP3 120 format film I wouldn't mind unloading onto someone... @beautifulthing hint! :P
@hmgphotos I only ever did photography through my art degree so it was never that precise and we were never told how to develop, we had to read about it and ask technicians, the classes were just boring lectures about framing and Edward Weston. But you wouldn't get blank rolls from something other than Kodak would you - I always thought different brands used the same chemistry when it came to developing. I'm sure I saw someone on here was looking for cheap 120 film...can't remember who.
@chewyteeth Type of film has nothing to do with blank rolls, I was saying my teacher didn't really care what you did, as long as you weren't getting blank rolls, which a lot of kids in my class always had (couldn't work their cameras, couldn't work chemicals, etc).
They use the same chemistry, but developing times can be different.
January 25th, 2012
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@brumbe But big box retailers don't sell the professional line of film... I don't see Walmart fighting to keep Tri X around
I just had a photo buying fail - I'm taking a film class next month and the instructor wants everyone to use Tmax 400, so I go looking on Amazon and find some for $.95 a roll plus $4.99 shipping. And I'm thinking...SCORE. Yeah. That's PER ROLL. Which, when one ordered 35 rolls, added up. Order, cancelled. Sigh.
@kerristephens Yep, actually helps preserve it. Many photo stores actually keep their film in fridges, kinda like produce
@elizabeth264 Thank you!
I've always kept my stuff in the fridge, but I think the Kodak I'm going to start freezing. Just in case. Tear!
scum bags!! I'd ignore their brand-rules and just get a big bag of cheapo expired film of eBay, film is cheap, that's why its fun - then you can show up the rest when your pics are better!
I have a bunch of cheap Shanghai GP3 120 format film I wouldn't mind unloading onto someone... @beautifulthing hint! :P
They use the same chemistry, but developing times can be different.