Ronald_H
Don't call me Ron
Hi all,
Today I got 10 rolls of Fuji RMS on a local flea market. Cost? 1 Euro.
It seems to be E-6 slide film that can be shot anywhere between ISO 100 (nominal) and 1000 and has to be processed accordingly. It expired in August of 2000.
In my own experience, almost all expired films can yield acceptable results (and I do so with great satisfaction). But can anyone help on how to rate and shoot this? Please don't come up with 'toss it and buy fresh stuff'. I've got that too. Thanks.
Ronald
Today I got 10 rolls of Fuji RMS on a local flea market. Cost? 1 Euro.
It seems to be E-6 slide film that can be shot anywhere between ISO 100 (nominal) and 1000 and has to be processed accordingly. It expired in August of 2000.
In my own experience, almost all expired films can yield acceptable results (and I do so with great satisfaction). But can anyone help on how to rate and shoot this? Please don't come up with 'toss it and buy fresh stuff'. I've got that too. Thanks.
Ronald
kzphoto
Well-known
Shoot a roll of bracketed images and then develop it. Find which exposure looks best and adjust your in-camera exposures accordingly.
btgc
Veteran
Largely depends on storage. I've got increased grain and color shift from expired Sensia in 135.
Ron (Netherlands)
Well-known
Just shot two rols of 120 Velvia, expired in 2005/2006. They were iso 100 and I rated them at iso 80. Btw I never shot on Fuji RMS.
General rule here is, take one stop less for 10 years of expiration. My two rolls came out as they should: no color shifts and no over/under exposure (shot on a Super Ikonta):
Super Ikonta 532/16 CLA XII by Ron (Netherlands), on Flickr
Ronald_H
Don't call me Ron
I must say, this shot looks fine! I guess bracketing is the best advice. Shot a lot of expired C-41 (scanning some now, in fact), but never E-6 this old.
Trooper
Well-known
Shoot it like you normally would and bracketing will help. If you needed the qualities of the film to be perfect and render colors true to life then you should buy a fresh roll. This is for fun, and whatever comes of it is part of that joyful experience. Just be sure to post results.
In my experience, film almost always produces an image when shot as directed and developed accordingly. It might do some strange stuff, like decreased contrast, color shift, and apparent over-exposure, but this is part of the fun.
In my experience, film almost always produces an image when shot as directed and developed accordingly. It might do some strange stuff, like decreased contrast, color shift, and apparent over-exposure, but this is part of the fun.
Ron (Netherlands)
Well-known
When you want 'normal' results take Velvia, however RMS films are more 'Lomography' like , both are E6 - you can find quite some examples from that on elsewhere on the net.
Robert Lai
Well-known
I had one roll of this film (similar expiration date), which I shot last year. I shot at IEI 80 to compensate for some speed loss. It came out fine, although I think there was a bit of magenta tint to the images.
Noserider
Christiaan Phleger
Check out the post I wrote about this film with sample images.
http://four-silver-atoms.com/2013/03/27/fujichrome-ms-1001000/
http://four-silver-atoms.com/2013/03/27/fujichrome-ms-1001000/