120 film

[Don Harpold]

<p>Hello<br>

I just got my cameras out of the safe and found a bunch of film in the camera bag, B&W and color and transparency, it is all past the expiration date mostly 2003 and 2008 on the Agfa APX 100, should I just dump it?<br>

None of it would have been exposed to very high heat as it is indoors.<br>

Thanks<br>

Don<br>

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[BrianS1664879711]

Shoot it!

[mwmcbroom]

<p>Yes, shoot it. You'll find the B&W to be largely unaffected by its being expired. With the color stuff, there will probably be some shifting of color, but this is almost always easy to correct in post processing, whether you do it yourself or you have a lab do it. So, dust off those cameras, load 'em up and get busy!</p>

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[ondebanks]

<p>It will probably help to pull the negative films (especially colour) by a stop; e.g. shoot and develop the ISO 100 film at ISO 50. This will keep the detail above the fog/shadow noise floor, which tends to rise with expired films that have not been kept cold. Unfortunately the slide film is unlikely to have the latitude to allow this.</p>

[AlanKlein]

<p>What happens if you shoot a phenomenal shot only to find after it's developed that the colors are ruined because the film is too old? It costs a lot of time and money to burn gas to get to the place, process film, etc. I always shoot fresh film or at least film that's been in the cooler and isn't to long expired. But 13 years?</p>

[Don Harpold]

<p>Thanks everyone<br /> I will use the film for fun and to test the backs etc.<br /> Anything important I will use fresh film<br /> Here are a couple with the old film just to test to see if the cameras still functioned properly<br /> <img src="http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL596/2374373/5806389/412686485.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /><br /> <img src="http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL596/2374373/5806389/412686484.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p>

<p>Thanks<br /> Don</p>

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[ondebanks]

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<p>It will probably help to pull the negative films (especially colour) by a stop; e.g. shoot and develop the ISO 100 film at ISO 50.</p>

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<p>Sorry; looking back at my advice, I see that I was misleading. What I meant was to overexpose by 1 stop; but not to also pull development. So shoot/meter at ISO 50 but still develop as normal at ISO 100. Otherwise the effect would cancel out (overexposure + underdevelopment)!</p>

[Don Harpold]

<p>Thanks Ray<br>

I will try that on the next roll</p>

 

[bryn_evans]

After having read this I decided to take

my EOS 5 on holiday with (expired in

2009) Kodak E100G, I exposed 1/2

stop over and I'm really pleased with

the results. I've no concerns over using

the rest of the box now, they've been

kept in the fridge most of the time up

until about a year ago.

[glen_h]

<p>Black and white should easily last that long. </p>

<p>What is 'room temperature' where you are? </p>

<p>Below about 70F/21C color film should last that long, but many rooms are warmer. <br>

Does the safe have a desiccant, or, as seems to be the case for fire safes, the opposite?</p>

<p>If the rolls are partially used, that is more reason to finish and process them. </p>

<p>Otherwise, price processing and new film, and decide based on that. </p>

<p>For me, developing myself, I use black and white pretty old, but try not to use old color film, unless I know it has been kept refrigerated or otherwise cold. (My basement darkroom is about 55F in the winter, and 70F in the summer.) </p>