icepics wrote: Well I haven't bought much expired film, just an occasional roll that was recently expired, but have used film that I had on hand that was past the expiration date, probably within a year. Didn't notice any difference from fresh film with that.
I don't know about color film but I found B&W film in an old family camera and got it developed, turned out fine and boy were my relatives young in the pictures!! - probably had been in the camera 30 years at least. It's supposed to be possible to use old B&W film if you do a long exposure.
Just got some expired Polaroid film packs fairly recently and stuck them in the fridge, haven't tried them yet. If you store it in the fridge I think you'd need to get the film out before you use it and let it come to room temperature. I haven't stored film in the fridge in a long time but I'm pretty sure I let it warm up to room temperature before I put it in a camera.
I was thinking the same thing, since you bought a good number of rolls I'd go shoot a roll and see how it turns out.
icepics wrote: And if you get really wild and crazy Barry and want to try things like changing film mid-roll or anything, let us know! LOL
icepics wrote: With film you have to set the ISO/ASA on the camera the same as the film. It's not like a digital camera where you can reset it as you're shooting.
It is actually possible to change film mid-roll; I sometimes do with a manual/mechanical SLR camera. I can feel when the film releases from the spool and stop then so I leave a 'tail'. (I usually advance the film beyond 1 when I first put in the roll, so when I rewind it later I won't lose images at the beginning of the roll.) Then when I put the roll back in I advance it with a lens cap on, til I'm back to the point where I stopped shooting.
Not sure if it's possible with an autofocus camera since the camera automatically powers the film rewind. Guess it could be if you used a film leader retriever to pull out the end of the roll after you rewind it. (I suppose that's why they make those!)
This is starting to sound like more trouble than it might be worth! LOL - for me it's second nature so it's quick and easy, but I suppose it may not be for people who haven't used film cameras.
Gary Trent photography wrote: In my estimation, color film dated 2007 may not be all that good.
Color film is more susceptible to color fading unless the film
was stored in a cold environment ... ie: frozen.
Color film (over B&W) has a lower latitude and depletes with age.
Yes, shoot a roll but if the contrast is missing and the color is the
least bit off (shifted) I wouldn't waist a lot of time exposing the rest.
Fujifilm Reala Superia 100 was never a fav of mine for starters
because of it's over-all "green" tinge.
Good luck !
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