How much film do you keep at home?

[filmtwit]

I measure in feet and not in rolls these days.
I'm going to guess at about 2000'

 

[Pioneer]

Where else would I keep it except at home?

Let's just call it a lot.

If I count it then I can't plead ignorance when my wife asks that same question after rummaging through the big freezer in the back room.

Of course, that doesn't include what is stored in the darkroom or in the big dresser in the guest room.

Like I said...a lot.

 

[Calzone]

I have about 150 rolls (135 and 120) in the freezer and about 50 exposed rolls that need development in the fridge.

A while back when Arista Premium was $2.89 a roll and Legacy Pro (rebranded Fuji Acros) was available from Freestyle I was wise to bulk up. Use to have near a thousand rolls in the freezer back then. Glad I did, and what remains is this leftover stash mentioned above.

Will likely bulk load Kodak 5222 to replenish as I run lower.

Cal

 

[jsrockit]

2 rolls... gave away 6 or 7 over the weekend.

 

[Lauffray]

2 rolls... gave away 6 or 7 over the weekend.

Surprised you have any at all 😀

 

[Calzone]

Surprised you have any at all 😀

Jerome,

John's remaining two rolls might be some of the color film that I unloaded to him a while back. LOL.

Cal

 

[Lauffray]

Wait, you shoot color Cal ?

 

[jsrockit]

Jerome,

John's remaining two rolls might be some of the color film that I unloaded to him a while back. LOL.

Cal

Exactly right Cal ... I gave away some slide film that was from 2000 at the meet-up. My GF had it laying around.

Jerome... once in awhile I get the itch for a film camera that I use for a roll or two.

 

[Lauffray]

Jerome... once in awhile I get the itch for a film camera that I use for a roll or two.

Just get a cheap P&S to scratch that itch, cheaper than borrowing one of Cal's fancy rigs 😀

 

[jsrockit]

Just get a cheap P&S to scratch that itch, cheaper than borrowing one of Cal's fancy rigs 😀

Nah...I don't get an itch for film (I prefer digital's look)... more for a film camera (nostalgia).

 

[sreed2006]

In 2012 and 2013 I had a momentary lapse of reason (that lasted several consecutive months) and wound up with over 350 rolls of film in 120, 220, 127, and 135 formats.

There's still 220 rolls of film in the fridge, another 10 in the camera bag, and I've been shooting as much as I can. The expiration dates have gone whizzing by on a lot of it, and I cannot hope to get the rest of it shot before the expiration dates on those rolls.

I feel bad not keeping film manufacturers in business this year, but I simply won't need any more film for quite awhile.

 

[Crazy Fedya]

I have about 350-400 rolls of misc films, about 60% of it expired, and 4-5 100' rolls. It is all in small fridge, dedicated to it, and packed solid.

 

[Lauffray]

In 2012 and 2013 I had a momentary lapse of reason (that lasted several consecutive months) and wound up with over 350 rolls of film in 120, 220, 127, and 135 formats.

There's still 220 rolls in the fridge, another 10 in the camera bad, and I've been shooting as much as I can. The expiration dates have gone whizzing by on a lot of it, and I cannot hope to get the rest of it shot before the expiration dates on those rolls.

I feel bad not keeping film manufacturers in business this year, but I simply won't need any more film for quite awhile.

Happened to me in 2012, bought an unreasonable amount of film, some of which I still have today. Shot the ones with nearest date first, but still took time to finish

 

[Calzone]

Wait, you shoot color Cal ?

Jerome,

I don't really shoot color. I don't even remember how I ended up with the color film, so I gave it to John.

The last time I shot color was about 2-3 years ago on Fashion Night Out. I was being a jerk; my Pentax 67II was a new rig for me back then; and at a NYC Meet-Up I secured some Fuji Velvia 50 slide film in 220. Basically on 5th Avenue I was blinding people with the most powerful dedicated flash made for the huge Pentax 67II with a very slow slide film. It was total "Calzone mode" where everyone here on the forum advised me not to shoot such a slow and difficult slide film with flash at night. The results were perfect exp[osures BTW, but that was due to the great TTL metering of the Pentax 67II.

Another "Calzone moment" happened that night on 5th Avenue near Berdorf; I saw our waitress from Puck Fair who was working the crowds as a model and was with five of her model friends. I thought to myself, "Is this my dream come true?" Anyways I blasted away and eventually gave the slides to Nelly at the next NYC Meet-Up.

BTW Montreal is a great city. I'll be going back again because our visit was too short. Funny thing is tourists were taking pictures of me and "Maggie" and we got stopped by a fashion blogger on the street and were photographed. We also hooked up with Lolitta who is the biggest fashion blogger in Montreal at Indigo where "Maggie" was interviewed after a fashion discusion. "Maggie" is turning out to be a big blog queen. Yesterday Maggie launched her own blog.

The world is not that big.

Cal

 

[bjornkeizers]

When I started shooting film again less then three years ago, I figured I'd set up a nice system to keep a decent inventory.

I use a program on my iPod touch that allows me to scan the barcode of film rolls/packs and add them to the database. So I can easily scan a roll to add or subtract it if I want to add to the stock or end up shooting it. Most of my stuff is in the fridge, apart from a few loose rolls and film packs.

Current stock levels show:

88 rolls of 35mm film, leaning towards slide and B&W.
36 rolls of 120 film, mostly B&W Acros.
9 rolls of 110 film. (Lomo Orca and Peacock.)
6 packs of Fuji FP100C.
6 packs of Fuji FP3000B.
4 packs of Fuji Instax Mini
3 packs of Impossible film.
And a single roll of Minox film.

Now I don't consider that an unreasonable amount, especially as there is a lot of variety in the 88 rolls of 35. I own about 40 cameras, so you end up needing something that works best for that particular model or situation.

I do expect some of that to stick around quite a while. Some of what I have has disappeared already, like the FP3000B and the Kodak Elite Chrome 100, of which I have seven rolls left. That was the first slide film I shot and I still think those slides are objectively better then the other stuff I've shot since. So I REALLY want to save those for a good opportunity.

 

[Jack Sparrow]

As much as I can fit in the freezer and/or before the wife complains.

 

[Dante_Stella]

At least 100 rolls of TMY 120 and TMX 120. A ton of FP-3000B. Some FP-100C. And one roll of Verichrome Pan.

Dante

 

[Godfrey]

Best I can come up with is "some."

Nearby merchants carry film and have big refrigerators dedicated to the practice. I keep a couple dozen loads of Impossible film for my Polaroids on hand because I can only get that mail order, and a couple dozen rolls of 35 and 120 format as well for convenience.

G

 

[Laviolette]

35mm : about 30-40 rolls of B&W, some color C41 and 800 feet of motion picture film
120 : about 30 rolls, mostly B&W, but also some color C41 and E6
4x5 : 4-5 boxes, mix of B&W and slide

 

[rwintle]

At present I have 4 rolls of 35mm (3x Arista Premium 400, 1x 2007-expired grocery store 400 colour), and two of 120 (Fuji Superia X-TRA). That's quite a lot for me. 😉