Expired Velvia 50 film characteristics

Hi, I've just been kindly given a few rolls of 'original' Velvia 50 that expired

in mid-2000. I used to use the film almost exclusively (in fresh condition),

but can anyone advise what if any color shifts or other changes I could expect

in using Velvia 50 that's 7 years past it's use-by date?

 

I assume these rolls have been stored in sub-optimal conditions at room temp,

and possibly worse. Could it have changed enough to warrant exposure

compensation? Any other creative suggestions? In any case, will be fun to shoot

some film again for a change!

 

Thanks.

No one can really answer this question except 'you' after you expose and process the film. Deterioration of out of date films is a random crap shoot. However 7 years at room temp I would certainly expect to see noticeable damage. This could manifest itself as an overall shift of color, contrast and speed or you could have weird bands or blotches of colors. Or any combination of these effects.

 

 

Slow films usually degrade slower than faster films. But all E6 films have many layers of emulsion and dye couplers that can all age erratically. I wouldn't hope for much.

 

 

FYI, If the film was stored in a deep freeze, 7 years could have little or no effects. I have some freezer stored 4x5 Vericolor color negative that expired in the mid 1990's, that shoots like new.

I shot some expired velvia, and like you it was 7 years out of date. I have no idea how the film was stored. The shots are here:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulclayton/955412340/

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulclayton/954619847/

I got some that expired in 1999, shot it in 2006, it was magenta. Mostly stored cold, but not entirely. I was a sample roll that came along with a 100 foot roll, that hadn't been stored as well. The seller refunded the money when the test roll came out magenta, didn't want the 100 feet back.

I shot some about 2 years out of date that was stored at room temperature. Like John, mine had a strong magenta cast and if I think it was under exposed about a half stop, but that might have been my fault.

<p>I've just shot one roll that i received with a camera, so I don't know how it was kept. It had expired in 2003, and it is my first roll of velvia. Generally it seems that everything has a blue cast to it, which I was able to fix in my scans using curves in photoshop. The sensitivity seemed to be right on, though.</p>