Originally posted by cooltouch Under what conditions was your Agfachrome RS1000 stored? I have some B&W Fuji 1600 that's been in my freezer for over 25 years, and I'm wondering what ISO I should use when I finally get around to shooting it. I also have a roll of color Konica 3200 that's just as old. I suppose it's just a guessing game as to what a working ISO would be?
Not sure how the film was stored before I got it, as I bought the film (10 rolls) from a forum member about five years ago. I have kept it the freezer/fridge since then.
What I did was sacrifice the first roll for testing and I shot a few pictures starting at 1000 ISO and then at every ISO setting down to 50 ISO. I then got the lab to process the roll normally. 100 ISO seemed to yield the best results, though the images are far from what the original Agfachrome would have looked like when it was fresh. I have used this film for testing new to me cameras since then.
I also have some original Agfa Scala 200 that I have not tested.
Phil.