Developing a VERY old flim.

TenLeftFingers · 04-02-2007 2:52pm #1

I know someone who has a film that's about twenty years old. There's a photo of a deceased relative on it that they would like to have. Is there anywhere I could get this developed or is it a completely lost cause?

Sebzy · 04-02-2007 3:10pm

what type of film and is it the post development negatives you just want re processed?

If it's undeveloped negatives i'm sure they have gone off by now.

Zillah · 04-02-2007 3:20pm

Go to John Gunns on Wexford street. If nothing else they can tell you where else to go.

punchdrunk · 04-02-2007 3:45pm

if it's 35mm i'd say you be grand,though they could have a pinky/purlpe cast to them

mathias · 04-02-2007 7:39pm

If its been kept in its container it may well be OK or at least some shots may come out , I found an old 35mm reel last year and dropped in in for the laugh , it was taken by my sister in 1987 and thrown in a box and forgotten about , there was a slight cast to the photos , sort of bluish but nothing too extreme and all the shots came out ok.

All you can do is try.

Sebzy · 04-02-2007 8:29pm

Hmmm 1987 now thats a surprise. The oldest film I ever had to develop was a old 126 and that was 5 years old I dropped it in to an agfa lab and all that was left was a pinkish tone on a few frames. Hope yours work out and all you can do is try.

Rudekid · 05-02-2007 10:44am

merlin_bar wrote:

I know someone who has a film that's about twenty years old. There's a photo of a deceased relative on it that they would like to have. Is there anywhere I could get this developed or is it a completely lost cause?

Check if the film is C41 process. This can only be developed with this C41 process so it won't make any difference where you go.

If it is B&W or worse CNS let me know

Sebzy · 16-02-2007 4:45pm

Hi merlin_bar

How did the developing go did it work?

Seb.

magicbastarder · 16-02-2007 5:34pm

on tuesday, i dropped a roll of orwo 80 into gunns which had a best before date of jan 1973. will be interesting to see what comes out.

magicbastarder · 19-02-2007 6:33pm

this shot exposed at 20ASA; any of the first six shots (same scene, exposed at 80, 40, 20, 10, 5 & 2.5ASA) would actually be usable, with a bit of tweaking. surprisingly little variation, i'd have said it was about three stops in variation, not six.

not bad for a film over three and a half decades old.

Developing a VERY old flim.

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