How long can i have a roll of film in the camera?

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Hi! I´m going to send my lens on a CLA and i have a film in the camera. This may be a silly question but can i leave the film in the camera for a few weeks? I usually only have film in the camera for a few days.
 
I ALWAYS have a roll of film in one of my cameras. Sometimes they sit for weeks/months before use. They are always fine (and stored in a cool dry place!).
 
Back when I was a kid, my parents would keep a roll in the camera all the time. Some lasted quite a while... kinda like two or three years. Getting them developed was a thrill, a real trip down memory lane.

So, leave a roll in your camera for as long as you feel comfortable doing so.
 
That could make for an interesting project... one shot each year, same film, same camera... for me it would have to be MF though since I'll probably be dead in 36 years.

Vics said:
I developed a roll this morning that had my daughter's baptism and her high school graduation on it.
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bhop73 said:
A few weeks shouldn't make much of a difference.
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Provided that the repairer does not accidentally expose it during the CLA...

A CLA will be hard or even impossible to do without opening the film chamber. Chances are that the film will either be destroyed when the camera is opened, or is rewound and sent back along with the camera. Personally I would not take the risk of the film getting zapped or getting wound into the cartridge so that it cannot be reloaded again, and rewind it myself...
 
sevo said:
Provided that the repairer does not accidentally expose it during the CLA...

A CLA will be hard or even impossible to do without opening the film chamber. Chances are that the film will either be destroyed when the camera is opened, or is rewound and sent back along with the camera. Personally I would not take the risk of the film getting zapped or getting wound into the cartridge so that it cannot be reloaded again, and rewind it myself...
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Nah Sevo, he is having a CLA for his LENS.

Try not to miss the meetings! ;-)

Randy
 
I do it all the time, especially if my film cameras fall out of usage for a while. My only problem is remembering what film & iso I still have in the camera when I pick it up again..
 
gshybrid said:
That could make for an interesting project... one shot each year, same film, same camera... for me it would have to be MF though since I'll probably be dead in 36 years.
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Yes, good idea.
Considering the photographer's life expectancy one has a variety of options, from a standard 135 film in an half-frame camera to a 120 film in 6x9 frames..
 
Last week I developed two forgotten Fuji SS100 from 2005/2006 (not sure) using pre-2000 Rodinal and they come out fine...except that I cannot tell where some of the pictures were taken...

GLF
 
Hi,

I bought a camera cheaply in a charity shop(?) a while ago for the (rare) fitted case. I found it the other day and was playing with it with a battery in it and realised there was a film in it.

So took the rest seriously, paid 3 quid for a CD scan and processing and was very surprised that they all came out and were dated April 2000 onwards but my ones were dated minutes past midnight on 1.1.96...

So it looks like 13 years so far. Any advances on 13 anyone?

Regards, David
 
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