relyt
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I just received 4 rolls of expired film. 🙂 Looks to be from around the early 2000's. Not sure how it was stored. Any advice on how to shoot these for best results? Thanks.
Shooting expired colour film; advice?
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Carey M
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400 speed color negative film I would overexpose two stops, maybe three. That Ektachrome I’d probably shoot at box speed or maybe half-stop over, depending on the scene.
charjohncarter
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I had some poorly stored C-41 from 2002 I overexposed by one stop. It was fine when developed. Maybe a little color shift, but with scanning and color correction software all in all they came out great.
Kodak Max 400
Kodak Max 400 expired 2002 mostly rainy days by John Carter, on Flickr
Expired (2002) Kodak Max 400 by John Carter, on Flickr
expired Kodak MAX 411 by John Carter, on Flickr
Kodak Max 400
Kodak Max 400 expired 2002 mostly rainy days by John Carter, on FlickrExpired (2002) Kodak Max 400 by John Carter, on Flickrexpired Kodak MAX 411 by John Carter, on Flickrrelyt
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Thank you, very much appreciated.
These look great! thanks for the advice.
Huss
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The tough part is how it was stored - basically was it stored in a hot environment? But as you don't know, you don't know what to adjust for.
So just shoot it at box or 1/2 to 1 stop more. The recommendation to shoot at 2 or 3 stops higher is way off.
I shoot expired film all the time, this roll expired sometime in the 2000's. I rated it at 125 for a 160 film:
Rolleiflex MX 3.5 EVS, Fuji NPS 160 Pro.
D750 scan.
LeoZs-1 by desmolicious, on Flickr
ColSebastianMoran
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I suspect a little post-processing helps a lot to make old color film turn out well.
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