Question for the shooters who’ve used film for long term projects:

How long can you safely store undeveloped, exposed color negative film before it starts to degrade? I’m shooting a project currently and can’t begin to process the film in a quality lab until August. I started shooting in May, so some of the film is going to be 2-3 months old by the time I’ll be back in NYC to start getting it developed.

Its all being stored in a ziplock bag at room temperature in a drawer currently.

So should I just go ahead and use a local lab where the quality control is poor and get the film developed for cheaper, or wait till I’m back in NYC?

And keep in mind it’s going to take me about 3 months to afford to get it all developed in NYC.

It would be really helpful to hear from anyone who has experience with this kind of issue.