Mixing Film w/Food in a Freezer

[DavidFisk]

I only make one food exception for the film space in my freezer. That would be green chile from New Mexico.

Would that be Hatch?

[Keith Pitman]

We have an upright freezer. Film and paper goes on the top shelf.

[sepiareverb]

I store film in bags mixed with various foodstuffs. This way when I want some strawberries I also get to shoot some Efke25. Choosing what to thaw based on film need can be less fun: right now when I need some Neopan 1600 I now have to eat frozen kale.

[John Kasaian]

No problems here.
Of course the freezer can get pretty crowded after a trip to Freestyle and especially if they have short dated film on sale.
This can really crowd those fish sticks, Costco Swedish meatballs and Choco-tacos
The only negative situation I can ever recollect was when I discovered a small, long frozen turkey hiding behind the Ilford.
That fowl was destined to become the frozen turkey pinhole camera, and the rest as they say, is History.
Forgettable & regrettable History.

[axs810]

I have two refrigerators so the one in my garage stores soda/food/film. I keep the film in the veggie compartment...I don't freeze my film

[David Lobato]

Would that be Hatch?

Hatch, of course. An excellent combination with the green Fujichrome boxes.

[David A. Goldfarb]

I've got a separate small top-loading chest freezer that doesn't have a defrost cycle for film and paper, so I don't have to open the door every time I need ice cubes or food items, and so it keeps a more steady temperature. Since I don't open it often, it runs very efficiently and doesn't require defrosting very often. We live in an apartment, so I can keep it outdoors on the balcony, and we don't have to listen to the noise or have it radiating any heat indoors in our warm climate. I don't think it's anything unusual, but this is the model I have:

http://www.summitappliance.com/catalog/model/FC40

The web page says "It utilizes an efficient manual defrost system" which means that it comes with a hard plastic spatula, if you need it to scrape off the ice occasionally.

I also do the cooking, and I like to have things like homemade stock in the freezer, or to make double batches of soups or stews that we can have for quick meals when time is short, so I need the space in the food freezer as well.

[Tin Can]

Costco by me has these. http://www.farmandfleet.com/products...t-freezer.html

I really want one, but I need to make room.

I've had good luck with Danby.

[Jim Andrada]

Durian! Wonderful stuff if you can stand the smell. I think storing it in proximity to film would be a bad idea because the smell alone could pre-expose the film. Even when frozen.

[axs810]

Is there a benefit to keeping the film in the freezer vs the fridge?