Quick Film Storage Question

Don't shoot! I'm not a "real" photographer but I do like to take pictures when I snorkel with a Minolta wet/dry that is good to 15'. Anyway one of my ex's, who was sort of a real photographer, used to keep his film in the fridge or maybe the freezer, I can't remember which. Anyway I bought a 4-pack of film and was wondering if I should be keeping the extra unused rolls cool?

Cool, keep them always cool. If not you will always wonder why the colors seem to have shifted or does not seem as bright. The fridge only, do not freeze the film.

Dive Safe,

Film is an emulsion coated with chemicals. These chemicals will change with time, which we see as color/saturation drift, as noted by f3nikon.

Chemical change is slowed by lower temperatures. Hence the fridge.

I use both the freezer and the refrigerator; film that I won't be using for a while, gets tossed into the freezer, and stuff that will be used in a couple months, into the refrigerator.

I've seen no difference between the two as far as quality. What there is a difference in, is the warmup time to room temperature. Individual rolls take a couple hours to thaw from the freezer, and only about an hour when out of the fridge.

All the best, James