How do you protect your films on vacation?

[thorsten]

Hi everybody,

perhaps this is a silly question, but I want to ask you nevertheless. 😉 At the moment I am packing my gear for an upcoming trip to Italy. Among other things I plan to take about 50 rolls of film with me. Tonight I stuck labels on all plastic packaging tubes of the film rolls, each marking the effective sensitivity for the film and a field, where I can check, if the film is exposed or not (simply to avoid double-exposures). In the beginning I planned only to take the film in its plastic tube and not to take the cardboard outer package with me, but now I realised (something I didn't really mention before), that most plastic tubes are transparent, only the ones of Neopan 1600 are black.

I really would like to leave the cardboard outer packages at home, but now I fear, that the films in the transparent tubes could undergo too much light. How do you take your film rolls with you? With or without the cardboard packaging? Do you think, "too much light" could be a problem, when transporting the film rolls only in the plastic tubes?

Thanks and kind regards,

 

[RdEoSg]

I'm not sure I understand the problem. The film is in a canister anyways. It doesn't matter if its all alone, in a clear plastic case, a black plastic case, or a black bag. It's not going to be effected. I suppose if you stuck it in the window of your car all day and let the sun bake it that might be an issue but I don't think the case will have anything to do with it. Maybe I missed something here???

 

[xabi]

I put my films in a zip lock bag. Haven't had a problem.

 

[Rafael]

It depends how long your trip will last and where you are going. I never carry film in the cardboard. In fact, I don't even take the plastic containers. For longer trips, I pack the film in square air-tight plastic food containers (the same ones that I keep film in at home). The containers go into the fridge at the hotel and I take out whatever I need each day. For shorter trips, pretty much anything will do. I have used zip-lock baggies and the velvet bag that came with a bottle of Crown Royal. These days, I use the film pouch that came in one of my big Lowepro bags. The pouch is divided into two sides, one black one gray. Exposed film goes in the gray side, unexposed in the black. I doubt that Italy will pose too many dangers to your film. Your only real concern will likely be the heat.