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Six-year old film...

  • 13-01-2010 10:52pm
    #1
    theboat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 268 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Just wondering what actually happens to film when it goes out of date.
    After borrowing my dad's Nikon FM2, I realised that the only roll of 35mm film left in the house went out of date in 2004 :eek:
    Basically, is it worth shooting with it/paying to have it developed? Will the colours just be weird (which could be interesting!) or would it simply not work?

    Cheers. :)


Comments

  • #2
    dazftw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭dazftw


    It would work alright but really depends...

    To me I would love that roll of film now and go shoot lots of different things and see mad colors..
    To you you could go off and shoot some lovely landscapes and sunsets etc and see mad colors and hate it..

    It depends on what you shoot imo.. cause with weird colors you have to shoot something that's not often shot something that weird colors wont ruin... I shot a photo of a friend on 4 year out of date fuji pro and I loved it.

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  • #3
    Simplicius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 424 ✭✭Simplicius


    It depends on a number of factors, the ISO ..the lower the better chance of survival , it though probably will have some colour shift. It also depends on the manufacturer in my experience. I have some 5-6 year old Fuji Pro 400 35mm and it still gives great results. see below.

    but only way to know is to try it....

    3756194556_11de1e1ef3_m.jpg


  • #4
    peter1892
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭peter1892


    I've sent rolls of film in for development 10 years after shooting them. One was colour negative, the other was slide. In both cases there were some interesting colour casts but overall the final images were actually fine and pretty much as I would have expected them to look.

    It's worth exposing & developing that roll as an experiment, just to see what happens.


  • #5
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Simplicius wrote: »
    It depends on a number of factors, the ISO ..the lower the better chance of survival , it though probably will have some colour shift. It also depends on the manufacturer in my experience. I have some 5-6 year old Fuji Pro 400 35mm and it still gives great results. see below.

    but only way to know is to try it....

    3756194556_11de1e1ef3_m.jpg

    technically its Fuji Superia 400 now! pro 400 is exactly the same as superia 400 only it can be bought in bulk and has been refrigerated during storage, its supposed to be anyway.


  • #6
    theboat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 268 ✭✭theboat


    Cheers folks! Should have said, it's Fuji, ISO 200.

    And @dazftw, mad colours sound good to me!

    I've already taken a few shots with it, so I think i'll keep going and see how it turns out. :cool:


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