Topic: Inventorying Polaroid Film

[original_ann]

What I thought would be a 30min exercise of pulling out (polaroid) film from my fridge to take on vacation turned into a Pull-everything-out-to-sort-and-document-expiration-dates-so-you-pick-from-the-oldest-stuff-first kind of deal.  And I have to say, I'm kinda looking forward to being able to say "that photo was taken on expired film from the 1900s" 

(... and like a car full of clowns, I stuffed 91 boxes of packfilm, 15 boxes of integral film, and 197 sheets of Polaroid 4x5 back in the fridge).

[Chalky]

I do this too! My wife laughs at me.

I do it to make sure I know what I have but also to try and shoot the oldest stuff first, unless the shot deserves s good chance og coming out!

My oldest working film is 669 from the 1980s.

Love a fridge full of Polaroid film!

[tkmedia]

My oldest working is type 47 from 1991, have about 8 rolls. Got 24 packs of 611 (ISO 200) and 7 '6 exposure' packs of type 600 recently. I don't shot oldest first as a strict rule, but I have it by type and date, with notes.

[Francois]

I'm on my last pack of what I think is 2006 vintage 600 film... lets just say it's pretty brown.

[moominsean]

I like to mix it up. Some of my older film works better than the newer stuff.

[limr]

So friggin' envious of your stashes! The woman who did the Polaroid show with me told me at one point that she had run out of film for her SX-70 and thought she didn't have the interest in continuing to use peel apart with her Day Lab and would I be able to use the film and her extra Day Lab? I told her I'd take the Day Lab and a pack of film to make sure it was compatible with my Land Camera (she didn't know what kind of film she had.) A few days later, she'd completely changed her story. "Oh of course I'm still using the film, but I can let you have a box if you want." So instead of a big stash of 669, I got two packs.    Oh, and apparently she can't find her extra Day Lab. So I don't have that either.

This woman was unbelievably flaky. I had to explain to her several times that I actually SHOOT the peel apart in a CAMERA and not in a Day Lab. She thought peel apart was only for Day Labs. So knowing this, I really blame myself. When she offered me the film, we were near her house and I should have followed her home and gotten the stash right then and there. I'm a fool.  A foolish fool.

Still, I've got more instant film in my veggie crisper drawer than I do food: about 25 packs of 3000B, maybe 5 packs of the 100C at the moment (that's at least easier to get), 2 packs of 669 and one pack of 108. I'm afraid of even shooting the Polaroid because I only have 30 shots!

[Francois]

No, you're not a foolish fool. You're just a trusting person like me...

[limr]

No, you're not a foolish fool. You're just a trusting person like me...

Thank you, that was sweet 

[Francois]

 

[original_ann]

I agree with the waffling between using "newer" stuff 'just in case' when it's a shot I really want.  But like Chalky, I have 2 packs of 669 from '89 and 2 from '90 and a box of Type 55 from 2000.   They're definitely coming with me on vacation. 

[original_ann]

Oh and thanks to Sean hogging all of the ID-UV left on this planet, I only have 8 packs left. 

[Chalky]

Ha ha yeah id-uv is really rare now, according to the inventory I have 9 from 2005! Look forward to your vacation snaps. Will start a 'very expired' Polaroid thread when I have chance

[Aksel]

My solution is more cameras!
One loaded with old 669, one with fresh 100c and one with 672 
Also, feeling bad for having good film stored in cam, rom temp. makes me shoot more peel apart. Love it!

[Francois]

Maybe you'll eventually consider a camera fridge 

[Bryan]

Maybe you'll eventually consider a camera fridge 

I call it the film fridge, my wife calls it the bar fridge.  It's a battle that will never end.

[Adam Doe]

I call it the film fridge, my wife calls it the bar fridge.  It's a battle that will never end.

Film and booze in one fridge? I call that a win!

[Aksel]

Maybe you'll eventually consider a camera fridge 

I call it the film fridge, my wife calls it the bar fridge.  It's a battle that will never end.

A good Wine cabinet has better temp control and could really double as a wine cabinet 
Hope it´s never goes that far. Geeking can turn geeky very quickly haha!

[Ed Wenn]

I have a separate fridge in my shed to house most of my film (it's a very small one, donated by a friend), but I still find packs of instant film all over the rest of the house. I located 2 packs of 100 series Sepia in a cupboard last month and a 5x4 pack of various flavours of sheet film. Then of course, there's my stash of 125i which is basically everywhere. One day I'll run out of it....maybe.

[Chalky]

Ed you need to manage your stash more carefully! 

[Francois]

But spreading it all over can deter potential instant film thieves from getting your prized emulsions