On 4/12/2012 11:14 PM, jn289 wrote:
Mark. I also have lots and lots of film, Tri-x,Plus-x,Tmax 100,400,800,3200.Neopan, Agfa, Kodachrome 25,64,200, Extachrome 100,400.Kodacolor,Fujicolor, Fuji press, Kodak Press. Also 120 copies of just about everything in 35mm. Also have some 110 film and Minox film. All in fridge and basement...Joe
I've been making a point to shoot out a lot of my film - especially the 35mm. I have a few odd rolls of 35mm color - maybe 6 or 7 - the rest is all B&W white. The Neopan SS I'm working with now expired in 2005. It has never been out of the deep freeze and has been at -15 F the whole time. I have to say... I do see some loss of contrast in it, both in terms of base fog and needing to push the development time a little. It is still usable and cold storage surely adds years to film's life - but in the end film won't last forever. I made the mistake of using some very old XPII Super on a trip a few years ago, and got barely printable negs. I also found that bags of powdered chemistry in the Kodak foil pouches have gone bad over the years - I tossed three bags of D76 that had turned dark brown before finally getting a good one last week. So - I'm hoping to use up all the film and chemistry I have on hand and just buy fresh in the future.
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