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Appropriate temp/humidity compromise for storing motion picture.


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I have thousands of feet of old and new motion picture stock, including print materials both unprocessed and processed.

From what I understand the archival storage standard for motion picture film desires a temperature no higher than 10 degrees Celsius with an average humidity no higher than 40%. At one archive I checked out, they had their film storage room at 9 degrees Celsius with an average humidity of 25%.

These kind of conditions are quite expensive to achieve for a cabinet. With the current storage cabinet I have, the lowest controlled average humidity I can achieve is 70% at 10 degrees Celsius. To achieve the average humidity standards of under 40%, the lowest possible temp would have to sit around 20 - 25 degrees Celsius.

What would be the most ideal compromise in this situation? 10 degrees Celsius with 70% average humidity or 20 degrees Celsius with 40% average humidity?

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