[Jellygeist]

You didn’t get that apple from a witch with cardboard hair did you?

-Eric

It's difficult to say how exactly I come up with ideas for pictures. These ones are...out there.

[dsmithhfx]

[nickthetasmaniac]

500CM, 80mm Planar and Portra400 | Iceland


Jökulsárlón


Þingvellir National Park

[dsmithhfx]

[3by2]

This is the first film I've put through my MZ10 in years. An FP4 developed developed in xtol and scanned by a lab for me as I don't have the gear any more.

[CharLac]

Leica M2
Canon 50/2.2 LTM
Expired Kodak Gold 200
Epson V750

I have to say, if I had taken that shot, I would not have included the trash can. Looking at image however, it somehow makes the shot IMHO.

[stevebrot]

I have to say, if I had taken that shot, I would not have included the trash can. Looking at image however, it somehow makes the shot IMHO.

Such is the beauty of Colton's work.


Steve

[Swift1]

I have to say, if I had taken that shot, I would not have included the trash can. Looking at image however, it somehow makes the shot IMHO.

Such is the beauty of Colton's work.


Steve

Thanks guys

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Pentax 67
SMC Pentax 6x7 45/4
Kodak New Portra 400
Epson V500

[tuco]

I know a lot of you here like to shoot expired film. Here is some 1967 expired Extachrome in unopened boxes I found at an estate sale. Too old to shoot?

500C/M, CB 60/3.5 + 10mm Ext Tube, RPX-100, Rodinal

[nickthetasmaniac]

Morning stillness | Cockle Creek, Tasmania

Hasselblad SWC/M (38mm Biogon) and Portra400. Slowly getting used to zone focusing medium format...

[ryanM]

Rolleiflex Automat 4, 75mm Zeiss Tessar f3.5 with Rolleinar 2, Kodak Portra 400

[goddo31]

I know a lot of you here like to shoot expired film. Here is some 1967 expired Extachrome in unopened boxes I found at an estate sale. Too old to shoot?

500C/M, CB 60/3.5 + 10mm Ext Tube, RPX-100, Rodinal

I vote for shooting some, because why not? I find it hard to predict what the results will be like though.
On first thought I was thinking that film this old may indeed be a waste of time however looking around online has yielded some interesting results.

Here's some examples of Ektachrome that expired in 1984: http://www.35one20.com/2017/07/15/an-old-kodak-ektachrome-50-tungsten/

And here is a post from a blog that seems to specialise in expired films: https://expiredfilmphotographer.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/updated-shootingpro...-2-ektachrome/
Scroll down a bit and there are some examples of Ektachrome from the 60s and 70s.

[g026r]

I know a lot of you here like to shoot expired film. Here is some 1967 expired Extachrome in unopened boxes I found at an estate sale. Too old to shoot?

The biggest problem is likely not to be the age of the film — I've successfully shot B&W film that was a few years older — but rather the process it was intended to be developed with.

Given the "Process by" date, it's probably either E-2 or E-3, which are incompatible with modern processing machines due to the differences in temperatures. E-2/E-3 would have been processed at around 24C, while E-6 is processed at around 38C and C-41 at 39C. As such, you can't cross-process them at a lab & any development would have to be done at home. (Or you can pay through the nose & hope one of the specialized processing labs can get something off it.)

Now, your most likely bet would be processing it as black & white. Ektachrome processes prior to E-6 actually began with creating a B&W negative using standard B&W development, followed by reversing the image & activating the colour dyes, so this isn't really that far out there. No idea what the times would be, but I've seen suggestions that stand developing in Rodinal should work. (But then, when isn't Rodinal recommended as a possibility? )


As for colour processing: I would have thought that would be right out, but apparently not — at least one person has managed to successfully cross-process E-2 Ektachrome in a home C-41 kit. The trick appears to be lowering the temperature and extending the development time accordingly.

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And here is a post from a blog that seems to specialise in expired films: Updated: Shooting/processing vintage 40s-60s era Kodak colour film: Part 2 Ektachrome – Vintage expired film photography
Scroll down a bit and there are some examples of Ektachrome from the 60s and 70s.

Oh wow. Some of those are a lot better than I'd have expected.

[tuco]

I vote for shooting some, because why not? I find it hard to predict what the results will be like though.

Thanks for the links.

The biggest problem is likely not to be the age of the film — I've successfully shot B&W film that was a few years older — but rather the process it was intended to be developed with.

Thanks for the info. Yes, it says on the box E-3. I kind of figured making BW would be the easiest thing to do. After looking at the pictures in the links I think I'll just leave the box sealed. The film retains some of its former glory that way.

[goddo31]

After looking at the pictures in the links I think I'll just leave the box sealed. The film retains some of its former glory that way.

Fair enough. I gather it would be a fair bit of trial and error to get 'OK' results - time that is maybe better spent shooting and processing film that isn't so out of date.
Still, aren't you tempted?