I think you’ll be okay. I had a similar thing happen this past winter when we lost power in my studio for a few days. Being on disabled means that I no longer go there every day so I had no idea. I have 300 rolls of APX100 120 in the freezer and a 300+ rolls of Reala in the fridge. After power was restored I let things get back to the cold again and did some film testing and everything was fine. In my travels around Europe and elsewhere I have found that the big danger to ruining elderly film is x-rays, not heat unless it is in the high 80’sF or above. When I travel again, I will be taking my lead bags to the airport to get accused of being a terrorist in the US while the Brits say ”Ho hum, oh yeah, that’s a lead bag and I suppose it’s got film in it?” Knowing what I know about x-rays now, I wish I could wear a lead bag on the plane. During my leg ordeal I had hundreds of x-rays and I know they will make me die young. Short of welding your film into a metal box, I think the best solution is to store it in Tupperware along with a small bag of Silica Gel - perhaps no more than 30g. When / if you lose power or the film gets warm, do not open the Tupperware. Plastic bags are moderately transparent to water and gases, but Tupperware is forever. Folded over plastic bags or with Ziplok are just about useless for anything other than a shower. Jan On Jun 11, 2013, at 1:31 PM, Kostas Papakotas wrote:
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