10 Year old film. Any good?

[andreas_holmstr_m]

Hi guys!

 

I could buy roughly 10 year out of date TMX and TMY for around 1euro/roll. The

film has been saved cold, but can't guarantee Freezer temperatures.

 

Any good? Or rubbish?

[m_.]

my advice is NOT to get that at any price. even with a free batch, your time and effort will not be compensated, unless you enjoy doing the testing but not for actual shooting.

[tom_s.]

<P>I'll quote my favorite photography ditty:</P>

<P>When in doubt,<BR>

Try it out<BR>

On something<BR>

You don't care<BR>

Very much about<BR>

<BR>

Still in doubt?<BR>

Toss it out!</P>

<P>And keep in mind that your time and developing costs are worth far more than anything you'd save on the film. Not to mention, the cost of lost shots.</P>

[rich815]

I've recently purchased and used 8-12 year old APX25, Neopan 400, HP5+ and Delta 100 in bulk rolls with no problems at all. I would not use it for pro gigs or anything like that but for hobbyist work, why not? If you can, buy a couple rolls to try out first.

[ranong]

shoot it. the oldest film i have used was plus X 4x5 that was 31 years out of date. the speed was fine and the images perfect.

 

have fun

 

eddie

[bljkasfdljkasfdljskfa]

1950s super-x.

 

http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=1067088&ref=author

[larrydressler]

Efke/Adox is about a Euro a roll and it is in date.

 

Larry

[nano_burger]

Eastman Double-X, expired 1960.<div></div>

[skygzr]

All film will fog if you keep it long enough, and fast film fogs faster than slow. I've got some 25-year-old Panatomic-X that's still pretty good. On the other hand, some relatively new APX400 seems to have acquired a fairly high edge density.

 

With high levels of fog, you lose speed and dynamic range.

[mfophotos]

It may be okay... not sure if the price is a good deal, though. For old, <a href=" this out</a>

[jorge]

If it was in the fridge, most probably is OK. I've shot film (B&W) that was expired 15 years and came out perfect.

 

Furthermore, my late father-in-law once gave me a Retina IIIc that had an old roll of Kodacolor 80 inside.

 

It was a 30 year old roll, process C3 or something like that, certainly not C41. I sent it to the local minilab and they printed it. Color was a bit on the washed side but otherwise all right.

[claudio farkasch]

I self use a strange kodak film from the early 70ies. it expired 1973

and after some testing because I had no data I get very nice results.

I was dirtcheap and was fun to play around with but now I that I know how it works with diffrent developers it is really cool to work with

 

so go and get some rolls test it with non critical work and develope it normally

 

but remember to bracket the exposures so you know where you should go with another roll

[rich815]

I just hung to dry my first roll from a bulk spool of Delta 100 from 1998. Negs look great!

[claudio farkasch]

good to here that old film can produce nice results without special treatment

[darrell_lee1]

I got some old 1996 Provia 4x5 sheets from one source that is useable but a slight color shift and I also got some T64 Quickloads 2002 that is totally junk from a different source.

 

It was cheap, but at the cost of processing and wasted time, not worth it... The seller insisted it was good and always cold stored... but I can probably get a refund/exchange so all is not lost... but heck, I only paid $10 for a box of 20 so it was REAAAAALY cheap, and I also bought a boatload of other film from him at a super bargain price so one bad apple out of 20 boxes of film at 70% off of everything is still a good deal overall.

[mfophotos]

An example from 40 year old Verichrome Pan...

http://static.flickr.com/41/86265985_2bb43d118c_m.jpg

[jonathan_james]

I have been using 1992 Konica infrared with perfect results. I have the highest hit rate of successful photographs using this of any of the emulsions which I use. Anyone with any 120 reels of this stuff spare, lob them my way!