Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark has an excellent point and a larger budget than some. If you need to stretch your budget and the only way you can get an image is with an old roll go for it. Chance are it will b e fine. There area vast number of studies on line about preserving Black and White film for decades by controlling temperature, light (duh) and humidity. My darkroom freezer has Ansco Ortho 35mm that expired in 1962, Was cold stored in Elmdorf (Alaska) and it still seems just fine....of course back in 1962 I was 1 so I have no idea how it performed...would I choose it to pop in my Blad for the Apollo 11 pix? Hell no. Is it okay for grabbing shots at Occupy Oslo? Why now try it! My 2 cents Mark On Nov 10, 2011, at 8:13 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > After picking out just the right camera and lens and getting to some worth > shooting thing in my car the last thing I wanted over the years was some > iffy film in my camera. It didn't take me long to value getting the best > possible film. Usually from a walk in fridge in a pro camera store. Plenty > of cheaper ways to get it. Not my interest. Too many shots coming out funny > and the likely suspect was the film in my earlier years. You want to remove > as many fuzzy variables as you can from the equation. The way my mind works > is I'm not going to lift my figure to do a shoot if I think I've already > shot myself in the foot before I even walk out the door with some half > assed > gear. And film is your most critical piece of gear. Its gear food. > > -- > Mark R. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: Max Herrgard <herrgard at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:04:44 +0100 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] Expired 400 bw film >> >> Hey. >> >> I'm thinking of buying some expired Ilford Delta 400. The film expired in >> 2003 >> and have been stored in a fridge. >> >> Price is 15 SEK (?1,65 / $2.24) per roll. >> >> Anyone with experience from this film in its expired form? Does it work >> okay? >> I'm still in my learning-film-phase. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Max >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information