[Leica] Expired 400 bow film

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

Unless of course you are shooting a Holga. Then the worse film the better
:-)


On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Mark Kronquist <mak at teleport.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>
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