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Alan Rik
Film God

Posts: 2211
From: New York City, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 29, 2010 09:23 AM

Hi Gentleman!
I have a question for you. I recently moved and now have the ability to place many of my Super 8 films on bookshelves. Sounds like a great idea to have them out right?
As I was putting them out, I realized that for the longest time they have been in a closet where it was always dark and cool. Now I am putting it out and Im worried that doing so will possibly cause the colors to shift, vinegar syndrome, etc.
I live in New York City and right now the temperature is cool but summer is coming and that usually means high humidity. AC will be on when im home but not all the time.
All the films I have put out are in their original cardboard boxes, or their 600ft Plastic Cans, or their 1200ft plastic cans and are not in direct sunlight.
Any opinions? Ideas? How are you displaying your collection?

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 29, 2010 09:43 AM

Being that I'm not a big fan of box art I'd say I display my collection using projectors.

(Sorry! Couldn't pass that one up...)

My films are actually (sort of) in hiding. This is a leftover from the days when my son was a toddler and I caught him wrapping himself in a reel of film one day. He's in elementary school now and we're cool on whose toys are whose.

I have some shelves meant for CD storage that do fine for 200 footers. I have them organized by general subject categories to make them easier to find. The herd of 400 footers is smaller and fits onto its own shelf in loose categories.

600 footers and 400s in large cases go on another shelf.

Features, 800 footers and a few slide carousels are on a third one.

The biggest rule is the films have to go on the shelves with the labels visible. Makes life go much smoother!

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All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 29, 2010 10:09 AM

Hi Alan,

Some members have posted how they display their collection in this thread: How do you stack your films

You can see how Gian's Damien's and others incl myself.

ps: to Gian and Damien, your photos were replaced by different photos because you put non-unique names.

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Winbert

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Damien Taylor
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 111
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Oct 2008

posted April 29, 2010 10:14 AM

Haha I noticed that happened before, I'll try and fix it up.

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Michael O'Regan
Film God

Posts: 3085
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Oct 2007

posted April 29, 2010 02:07 PM

Display them to who???
I thought movies were for watching.
[Razz]

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Joe Caruso
Film God

Posts: 4105
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 29, 2010 03:43 PM

Vertical is the rule, though stacking a few (under 10) 200' or 400' is okay - Maintain an even-level of air circulation, even in summer, fan mode works while AC is at rest - Living on the Watchung Mountain Range, I have an advantage of a permanent film storage climate control system, and I add the cool AC to emphasize it along - Winter is set; I maintain a temperate environment, and importantly run films twice a year while cleaning them - That's part of it, Shorty

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Alan Rik
Film God

Posts: 2211
From: New York City, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 29, 2010 06:12 PM

Thanks much for all the replies. And the great link!
I never thought to search for the word "Stack" since I placed them all vertically.
Ok. Now the living room is now the "Cinema" room! [Smile]

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Douglas Meltzer
Moderator

Posts: 4554
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted April 29, 2010 10:28 PM

Screening party at Rik's place!

Doug

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I think there's room for just one more film.....

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David Kilderry
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 963
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Feb 2006

posted April 30, 2010 01:56 AM

I just bought another set of shelves from Ikea. Their Billy shelves are excellent for Super 8 film storage and display.

David

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Gian Luca Mario Loncrini
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1948
From: Verona (Italy)
Registered: Jan 2009

posted April 30, 2010 03:26 AM

Thanks for telling me, Winbert [Wink]

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I'll try to fix it (cannot remember if I still have those pics).
Ciao.

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I remember when I was (super) 8 years old...

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Christian Bjorgen
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 996
From: Kvinnherad, Norway
Registered: Oct 2009

posted April 30, 2010 03:40 AM

I have a small IKEA shelf with my "featurettes" in one shelf, shorts in one shelf, and one shelf for empty reels, lenses and soforth.

Will see if I can get a photo of it.

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Well who’s on first? Yeah. Go ahead and tell me. Who. The guy on first. Who. The guy playin’ first base. Who. The guy on first. Who is on first! What are you askin’ me for? I’m askin’ you!

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Damien Taylor
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 111
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Oct 2008

posted April 30, 2010 08:06 AM

quote:
I just bought another set of shelves from Ikea. Their Billy shelves are excellent for Super 8 film storage and display.

David

The Expedits are famous in the record collecting community, Ikea seem to have a cabinet for every collectable!

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David Kilderry
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 963
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Feb 2006

posted May 02, 2010 12:11 AM

I use the Australia Post BP boxes to store my 45 singles in; even cheaper than Ikea!

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Damien Taylor
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 111
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Oct 2008

posted May 02, 2010 11:39 PM

That easily outclasses my old shoe boxes [Big Grin]

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