Oldest Polaroid Film You've Ever Used

[patois]

I just bought a Polaroid Land Camera that uses type 100 peel apart film. I've seen a lot of expired film on ebay and I'm tempted to bid on some of the stuff that is really old. Does anyone have experience using very old polaroid film?

Any info would be a huge help.
Thanks
Gordon

 

[Sonnar Brian]

I've used type 669 and 690 as old as four years out of date. Black and white, about the same.

If it is refrigerated, it lasts longer. I know of people that have used peel-apart Polaroid film older than 20 years and had good results.

 

[sepiareverb]

Big fan of the Polaroid, but expired film is rarely worth the effort in my experience- predictability goes out the window, even within a pack.

Can be worth the effort if patient.

 

[charjohncarter]

I've used the film for the SX-70 that was about five years old. It came out faded and with a little brown tint.

This page shows what mine looked like:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/sx-70/pool/tags/expired/

I looked into buying expired Polaroid film, but I could buy new Fuji film for less.

 

[capitalK]

600 film from 1998, I shot it about 2 years ago. It did not come out very well. Half the image was brown and the other half was with a brownish tint. To be expected.

 

[hans voralberg]

Type 57 3 year expired, seems fine by me

 

[Benjamin Marks]

The issue is not the film, it is the chemistry, which dries up and becomes useless.

 

[patois]

Thanks for your responses. I've found that buying expired film can produce beautiful results but is also extremely frustrating when you consider that new fuji film is cheaper.

Gordon