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Chris Fries
Master Film Handler

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From: Ohio, US
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posted March 23, 2012 11:16 AM

Has anyone seen this seller on eBay? mbeamer5. There a four super 8 digests for sale. All have been "stored for over 35 years in a shoe box in heated garage!" Not exactly what I would call a great selling point.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Film-/63821/i.html?_ipg=&_from=&_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ssn=mbeamer5

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Osi Osgood
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posted March 23, 2012 12:40 PM

Ha! Now there's honestly for ya! Refreshing! Watch, the lousy films will double in price overnight! [Big Grin]

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Janice Glesser
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posted March 23, 2012 01:01 PM

The wayit reads to me...it sounds like this guy thinks storing them in the shoe box in a heated garage is a good thing.

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Steve Klare
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posted March 23, 2012 01:38 PM

I'd be happier with "Stored in a heated and air conditioned garage", but hey: at least it's Ohio and not Arizona or Texas!

Truth: If I wanted the print badly enough and the price was OK I'd take the gamble.

I just bought four prints from an antique seller who couldn't look at them first. They turned out to be pretty close to perfect (leaders cut on the diagonal: probably never projected.) The odds were respectable I'd wind up with red faded garbage, but that chance was worth it!

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Nicholas Cook
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From: Toronto, Canada
Registered: Mar 2012

posted March 23, 2012 09:07 PM

Sounds fine to me.

I'm thinking he means that the garage was heated along with the rest of the house, so in the winter, it remained at a comfortable temperature.

I'd feel more comfortable buying film that had been kept at a relatively constant temp. for 35 years as opposed to film that had gone from 30 below in the winter to 40 degrees in the summer for three and a half decades.

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Adrian Winchester
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From: Croydon, London, UK
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posted March 24, 2012 04:35 PM

I'm inclined to agree with Nicholas - there can't be many people who can afford to keep their garage warm even if it has some heating!

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Chris Fries
Master Film Handler

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From: Ohio, US
Registered: Aug 2011

posted March 24, 2012 05:36 PM

Yes, a comfortable temperature sounds great except that he did not say the garage was air conditioned in the summer. In the last 35 years we have had our fair share of hot summers in Ohio. I know my garage gets really hot in July. Not so good for film.

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Graham Ritchie
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From: New Zealand
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posted March 24, 2012 06:25 PM

I had the pleasure of checking out a large number of Super8 films that had come from a film library. Those films had been stored in very warm conditions in the summer months and as a result, badly faded. Only a handfull of films were any good out of the 100 or so looked at.
I think a cool dry place is the best bet.

Graham.

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Scott Mallory
Expert Film Handler

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From: Montreal, QC
Registered: Jan 2011

posted March 26, 2012 10:32 PM

The best place I have to store my films is a guestroom closet. Not too hot or cold, but I wouldn't call it cool either. I have cleaned and lubed them all with Filmguard and store them in plastic cans (some ventilated). Should mine be okay? I don't have a basement.

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Bill Brandenstein
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From: California
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posted March 27, 2012 12:06 PM

Scott, that sounds like the best available option... steady temperature and humidity.

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Scott Mallory
Expert Film Handler

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From: Montreal, QC
Registered: Jan 2011

posted March 28, 2012 08:56 PM

Thanks Bill.

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