what will happen to my film?

[ymc226]

I have about 600 rolls of film in the freezer right now of Neopan 120.

Is this were to happen, would it greatly affect film stored at home?

http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20100826/981/tsc-massive-solar-storm-to-hit-earth-in_1.html

 

[sevo]

It certainly will be worse than Y2K... 🙂 Something might happen, but less to your film than to your digital cameras and archive.

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Shoot one roll a day... That's one third the shots in a 35mm roll... 🙂

Cheers,

Juan

 

[ableforensics]

Best to consider an M2,3 or 4 before the rush, although I think that will be the least of the poblems.

 

[btgc]

That will be end of RFF and such, most probably.

 

[John Lawrence]

That will be end of RFF and such, most probably.

... Hope I've made at least 500 posts by then!

John

 

[jan normandale]

A solar storm in 2012 maybe, possibly, could be, might happen, could be bigger than a bazillion H bombs! It's right up there with our other favourite topic of conjecture "film's dead"

 

[Pherdinand]

he.
Finally, all the end-of-world prophets will be right. And you can record it on 600 rolls.
Hell, that's 900 seconds of 24 fps movie you could do 🙂
the question is, will there be somebody to develop it (and to watch it).

 

[Tom A]

Makes the case for a M2, a 35 and lots of film in lead bags more plausible. Can you imagine all those digital cameras going "frzzzz" and ceasing function - as well as all fuel injections dying. Analog rules!!!!

 

[Keith]

Like a giant EMP via the hand of god! What a shake up for a digital society if it does happen ... it could cause real hardship for many innocent victims though!

 

[Roberto V.]

Makes the case for a M2, a 35 and lots of film in lead bags more plausible. Can you imagine all those digital cameras going "frzzzz" and ceasing function - as well as all fuel injections dying. Analog rules!!!!

And good ol' carbs will keep on rockin. Time to stock up on Holley Street Avengers 😛

 

[ully]

You'll be dead but your film will survive.

 

[Ronald M]

I better keep my `83 Olds, oh it has a computer controlled carb si I guess I am screwed too.

We may as well face it, nothing is going to work, No radio, TV, electric grid, internet.

 

[tyrone.s]

I'm really worried about what's going to give me the smoothest OOF elements in this situation. And do I just shoot with a 50 or should I go for a 35 / 50 / 90 combo?

 

[imokruok]

All conjecture indeed, but this cycle has been unusually low for far too long, so it's reasonable to suspect that the upswing might have a little more "oomph" than normal. 100 million H-bombs abnormal? Probably not.

Start buying big lead boxes! Or lead ammunition. You'll probably need the latter more than the film.

 

[Roberto V.]

All conjecture indeed, but this cycle has been unusually low for far too long, so it's reasonable to suspect that the upswing might have a little more "oomph" than normal. 100 million H-bombs abnormal? Probably not.

Start buying big lead boxes! Or lead ammunition. You'll probably need the latter more than the film.

Good thing I have some Ragnar Benson books somewhere in my computer 😛

 

[Pherdinand]

the 100 million hydrogen bombs should be understood as "on the Sun's surface".
Which is definitely not so unbearable as down here in Eindhoven.

 

[tanel]

Excellent news!
Personally it would solve every problem I currently have in my life.

 

[btgc]

Excellent news!
Personally it would solve every problem I currently have in my life.

except if your current issues what you think about as problems are replaced with real problems 🙂