Storing Polaroid Film
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- DeviceUnseen
I have some time-zero SX-70 film. Will it help if I keep it in the fridge like I do with my 35mm film?
- wadafa0
yes
- nightnerd0
yep
- backonDemas0
start this
- unknown0
si
- quamb0
what sort of effect would one achieve if the left there 35mm film lying around the sun for a few months?
just curious, cos expired film looks very nice.
- Carty0
i wouldnt store it for too long there... only pro polaroid is needed to be in the fridge... sx-70 is room temp storage unless it is over 30-60 days then fridge it... u know you cant shoot cold film especially instant film until it is 20-25 degree celcius... just above room temp... if you a shooting it within the next 2 months keep it cool and dry but not in the fridge... trust me.
- Carty0
each film reacts differently... mostly you will get a colour shift... and possibly some light leak if you take it out of the plastic canister...
if the film isnt short dated, its really hard to immitate the effect... its not a light effect, its a film sensitivity, colour shift over time thing... film is organic... and if you do achive a look you like... how would you ever imitate it for a client unless you have old film lying around...?
- CAJTBr0
as a side-note, you shouldn't keep all 35mil film in the fridge, only professional film or stuff coming up to its use by date.
the reason you keep it in the fridge is to stop it from degrading. when film is first made, it's no good for shooting decent photos, it has to be aged a certain amount. each film has a peak performance point, and professional film is aged to this point (hence you need to keep it refridgerated). standard film is not aged to this point, and will only reach it at some time between the date it's sent to the stores and its sell by date, so by keeping it refridgerated you're actually preventing it from reaching its best quality.
as for forcing film to look like it's outdated, the same stuff applies. buy pro film (as it's already been aged to around its peak, and any further aging will deteriorate it). kodak stays pretty good unrefridgerated for a few months, but fuji tends to shift a bit so go for that and play around with incubating it. you could probably get similar results digitally. i'd guess the colour shift you get is just due to the different emulsions aging at different rates, so fading the colours and then playing around with relative values in photoshop could probably produce the same results quite well.
- quamb0
Thanks for the advice/info, very interesting.
I love toying with different/altered film rather then do anything in photoshop. It's such a great feeling to not know exactly how they will turn out.
I've had dreams where someone has given me a large bag of film and I've been stuck in various places (ie a subway). It felt so good.
- mobius0
hi quamb,
i see you're from aus. do you know where can i buy time zero films for sx-70?
someone told me that you could fit 600films into sx-70s.
how do you do that?
- kodap0
wrong thread again.
- mobius0
what the.,.
- monNom0
polaropid film has a battery pack in it aswell, so that should be considered when storing it... will the temperature affect the battery?