Slide Film in a Fed

[Valkir1987]

Only used color en b/w negative films in my camera's so far. I found a roll of Kodak ectachrome 100 iso with the expire date of may 2005... Should I give this old film a try? Or is it better to throw it away? I want to take slides with one of my Fed 1's.
Any experience?

 

[ZorkiKat]

Unless frozen, slide film that old and so long expired isn't likely going to give satisfactory results. The cost of processing it as a slide is likely going to be expensive. Would you really want to do that? Develop it as a negative in C41, and perhaps something more useful can be derived.

 

[blacknoise]

I agree with Zorkikat, cross process will give you some cool effects!

 

[payasam]

If the results are no good, don't blame the poor camera.

 

[freeranger]

If the results are no good, don't blame the poor camera.

LOL 😀 - Which definition of "poor" are you alluding to here?
Cross process it - its cheap and fun

 

[payasam]

Sorry about that. I meant benighted, innocent, wronged.

 

[blazejs]

I used to shoot slide with my FED5B. Results were very good, but its shutter is reliable. I was shooting also expired slides and it wasn't that bad.

 

[santino]

there is a myth that says expired "pro" slide film will more likely produce worse results than "normal" consumer film. Ektachrome is probably what one calls a pro film, e.g. expired Fuji Sensia 100 film was ok and has been always giving me good results.

 

[blazejs]

I used to try Astia expired ca. 5 years and it was just fine. And I'm not even sure it was kept in fridge.

 

[dll927]

Ektachrome is the consumer version of Kodak slide film.

No reason why slide film shouldn't work in an FSU camera. If exposures are a little off due to inexact shutter speeds, etc., a bit of adjustment next time will take care of that.

I have some cartridges of Velvia in the freezer, which they usually say will make it last indefinitely. But short of that, I'd say that expired slide film is a risk. Remember that the film becomes the slides during processing, so there's no second chance with printing. But as has often been said, you can't beat slide film for color and reproduction use.

Since buying a digital SLR, I haven't used film in a while. But it's still there.