Shooting expired colour film; advice?

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.

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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.
 
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.

Thank you, very much appreciated.

I had some poorly stored C-41 from 2002 I overexposed by one stop. It was fne when developed. Maybe a little color shift, but with scanning and color correction software all in all they came out great.

These look great! thanks for the advice.
 
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.

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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
 
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