film canisters

Cylindrical photo storage

Film canisters are the small cylindrical containers that hold rolls of photographic film.

The plastic or metal cases protect unexposed film from light and keep developed negatives safe for storage.

Before digital photography, these ubiquitous little tubes accumulated in drawers and found second lives holding coins, beads, or other small items: I kept my spare change in old film canisters.

Related

negatives · developing · light leak · reels · plastic · black · light-tight · lids · storage · exposed · undeveloped · spools · analog · camera · containers · processing · caps · stackable

Categories
Opposites
storage medium technology

film canistersmemory cards

Removable digital storage media

digital storage · SD cards · flash drives · cloud storage · hard drives

photographic era

film canistersdigital camera

Electronic imaging device

smartphone camera · DSLR · mirrorless camera

photographic workflow era

film canistersdigital cameras

Electronic image-recording devices

mirrorless cameras · image sensors · digital photography

Family

film, films, filmed, filming, filmy, filmstrip, filmmaker, filmmaking, canister

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G