wolfi0815
Hello everyone,
What do you do when you’re out and about? Do you develop your black-and-white film on the spot, or do you take it home undeveloped?
I’ve no idea how long a film can be exposed but left undeveloped without suffering any damage. And what about the temperature when I travel south?
Thank you very much for sharing your experiences.
Wolfi
RalfMichael
Hi Wolfi,
As far as I know, black-and-white films aren’t sensitive to this. In recent years, when I’ve been taking fewer photos than I used to, I’ve often left both black-and-white and colour films in the camera for weeks on end; it doesn’t do any harm, provided the temperature in the flat is normal.Back in the 70s, I was even more carefree about it; on bike rides I regularly used up rolls of film (mostly black-and-white), mainly Ilford Pan F and FP 4, and simply stowed the film that had been exposed in my rucksack or pannier, often for several weeks in all weathers without taking any special precautions.That didn’t harm the films. Around 1975 or 1976, during a rather hot summer, I also used slide film (Fuji), which had its exposure in the summer heat for up to two weeks in my bike bag – at least some of it – and these slides are still colour-stable today.(Just as an aside – Kodachrome 64 and Kodachrome 25 cine film (8/16mm) are all still colour-stable today, some 40 years on, in stark contrast to some Revuechrome (source) films from the 1960s. In my view, therefore, film exposed to light can certainly be stored for 2–3 months in a light-tight container.)
