120 EIR color infrared - endangered species

Ok, I bought a bunch of extremely expensive EIR color infrared and cut it down for medium format thinking that people would be as enthusiastic as me about the possibilities. I now have 500 rolls and can't shoot it fassdt enough. The film is resh from manufacturer for about 16 months when stored correctly.
I will not do this again and EIR has been discontinued by Kodak. So EIR is an endangered species and I hold, so it seems, the only key to its survival.
what a pity.
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Have you tried selling some of your stock on eBay?

How many of those 500 rolls do you think you could shoot in the next 16 months? And once you hit the 16-month deadline, how drastically and how rapidly does the film quality degrade?

Given that it's a discontinued product with a finite shelf life, I think it would be wise to make the most of it yourself. Sell what you know you can't use, but go nuts with the rest.

Have you checked with local colleges? I'd imagine either the photography/arts department could use some or the physics or biology departments could.

well, i didnt shoot all the film, but instead sold a bunch of it. its been months now and i am fully experienced in the film. although, one is never fully familiar with IR.
when frozen, the film will degrade very slowly. i suppose, if frozen, it should be fine for at least one year after expiration.

saying that, the film has sold fast enough for me to keep a fresh roll always in the freezer.

the results from the film are amazing.

Well, boys - it seems you have nice time fooling around with color infrared; It's OK, but "infraredhead" should consider to sell his extra quantities to some aerophotographic company, cause color IR is a quite rare and scientifically useful piece of sensing "equipment" - only "trifle" is cause he cut it; BTW - DO NOT FREEZE any film because there is molecullary-linked water in gelatine , so after de-freezing you might have a pile of ****...

well, actually I buy the film direct from kodak, because it is still available. any scientific endevour that wishes to use it can also purchase it fresh from kodak. so, it is not rare. what is rare, is that i go through the nightmare of cutting it down, so we can all use it as well. the film comes packed in dry ice from kodak and kodak recommends that it be refrigerated. i do exactly that and sell it too fast for any real problems.

thanks for your comments.
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DEEP_SKY_WALKER wrote:

BTW - DO NOT FREEZE any film because there is molecullary-linked water in gelatine , so after de-freezing you might have a pile of ****...

I beg to differ. Freezing film is an excellent (and very common) way of prolonging the life of film.