Old Film
Nov 26, 2017 17:27:51 #
I just found two rolls of 35 mm film with a develop before 06/2000 date on them. They're still sealed as when bought. Are they any good?
Nov 26, 2017 17:45:21 #
It all hinges on where they were stored. Room temp I would say forget it . Freezer is a possibility that you could have decent images for print making.
Nov 26, 2017 17:55:44 #
Nov 26, 2017 18:21:21 #
Good luck....try out to make abstracts. It's amazing what you can do when you cancel the rules in processing.
Nov 26, 2017 19:01:03 #
Nov 26, 2017 19:02:12 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
hunterroyal49 wrote:
I just found two rolls of 35 mm film with a develop before 06/2000 date on them. They're still sealed as when bought. Are they any good?
Forget about using them. They are 17 years old. And I wouldn't waste money processing them. I found 4 rolls of Kodak Gold ISO 200, that expired in 2004. Even under refrigeration, I wouldn't chance it. They will not have the same freshness and quality as when New. SD cards are so much better. IMO. I have one Lexar 4gb SD card dating back to 2009. It still works just fine. And it doesn't need refrigeration either.
Nov 27, 2017 05:46:10 #
hunterroyal49 wrote:
I just found two rolls of 35 mm film with a develop before 06/2000 date on them. They're still sealed as when bought. Are they any good?
50/50 try it you might like it.
Nov 27, 2017 05:49:10 #
Nov 27, 2017 06:09:02 #
hunterroyal49 wrote:
I just found two rolls of 35 mm film with a develop before 06/2000 date on them. They're still sealed as when bought. Are they any good?
I've used old - discovered - film many times. Give it a try and let us know how it turns out.
Nov 27, 2017 06:24:57 #
hunterroyal49 wrote:
I just found two rolls of 35 mm film with a develop before 06/2000 date on them. They're still sealed as when bought. Are they any good?
Go for it! If you don’t shoot them then they are automatically bad. I’ve shot older that wasn’t stowed in a refrigerator and came out fine. I wouldn’t shoot a wedding with them just go out and have fun.
Nov 27, 2017 08:03:19 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I wouldn't use them!
Where is your sense of adventure?
Nov 27, 2017 09:12:15 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Where is your sense of adventure?
"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been!'"
-John Greenleaf Whittier
Nov 27, 2017 09:41:18 #
Nov 27, 2017 09:46:11 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Where is your sense of adventure?
The 2 rolls of film are not worth that much money why use them? It's not an adventure. I would develop a very old roll of film that already been exposed but not using expired unexposed film. I am not into lomography.
Nov 27, 2017 09:53:06 #
The film is ISO 400 And color. I found an article that said to drop the ISO setting one stop per decade old. I'll try it.
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