So I bought some film last night...

[Deja Q]

Fuji NPS 160 Professional. They took it out of the fridge at the film shop at 6PM last night.

It's supposed to remain refrigerated.

I'd left it out all night in ~75 degree room.

I put it in the fridge an hour ago.

Do you think the film will suffer because of the warmer temps?

(When it comes time to use the film, I'll use it all in one go and get it processed straight away...)

I think slide film has to be kept cool as well. And with my new film scanner a'comin', I might be going that route anyway...

Thx!

[Nay]

1. You'll be fine. I've left it out for way longer than that. And it

sure isn't refrigerated while it's in the camera.

[Deja Q]

2. Point taken...

Once it gets in the camera, I'm doing all 36 exposures and getting it processed ASAP though. I don't want to run the risk of ruining the film...

I gather the film's color gamut and tone variations is as good as slide film, albeit slightly a bit softer. (computer enhancement can sharpen it, however.)

[asthmaticeog]

3. Overnight isn't nearly long enough

to mess up film, unless it's overnight in the oven. You'll be fine.

Fuji 160's an interesting choice. is it 35mm or medium format, and what're you shooting, just out of idle curiosity? Last time I shot film I used the Kodak 400 VC (medium format, shot with an ancient-ass Ricohflex Super) and LOVED the results. I've got an extra roll I squirreled away in my fridge.

[Deja Q]

4. 35mm... I primarily shoot landscapes or delicious critters.

Medium format camera and film is expensive though, isn't it?

[asthmaticeog]

5. Not really.

Medium format neen't be a Hasselblad, or other super-pricey SLR. My Ricohflex twin-lens (circa 1940-something) was a gift from my uncle, and a comparable Yashicaflex can go for $100 or even way less used (you can even find them in thrift stores for $5 if you're having a good thrifing day), and produces comparable results, though you have less control, you can run into parallax problems with the separate viewing and exposure lenses (but only when you're very close to the subject), and you'll usually need to buy a standalone light meter, as the affordable ones won't have one built in (and thus no auto-exposure, but that's no big deal for landscape work). Or you could blow off the light meter altogether and rely on the sunny-sixteen rule (if you don't know it, Google it, it's tricky to describe if you're iffy at math like me, and I don't have a link handy).

The film is more expensive shot-for shot, and since it's 12 exposures to a roll, you'l have to change it more often, but what you get in return for that is a gigantic, sharp negative that you can crop really closely (or enlarge to ridiculous sizes) without causing grainier prints.

You could even try one of the uber-cheap Russian plastic cameras like the Holga if you want to get your medium format feet wet. It's plastci body, plastic lens, fixed focus, fixed aperture and fixed shutter, so you have to tailor your film choice to to the shooting conditions (no big waste at 12 shots a roll!), but the results these things get are AMAZING, and they cost like $30.

I have a BFA in photography and I still shoot professionally, anything you want to know, PM me, I'll be glad to help out!

[asthmaticeog]

7. Whoop-sie

I just looked at your portfolio site - never mind the plastic Russian cameras. They're all about atmospherics, and your stuff looks like you're all about clarity.

Very nice work, by the way! You obviously have the eye, HypnoToad.

[Doctor Smith]

6. It will be fine for many months without refrigeration.

Just don't expose it to direct sunlight for extended periods of time.

I have used five year old unrefrigerated profession film, with perfectly acceptable results.

[leftofthedial]

8. I heard of a nasty film botulism outbreak

from a friend's neighbor's brother-in-law's cousin.

But if you boil it really good before you eat it, you should be fine. Whatever you do, don't heat it up in the microwave though.