35mm Film Question

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Sorting through a drawer I came across a whole bunch of unused 35mm films:

5 x 36 Kodak Gold 200
2 x 36 Supasnaps 200
4 x 36 Kodacolor 200

I've no idea have long I've had them, a couple are possibly 10 years old, so my question is are they still useable..?? Couldn't see any expire dates on the rolls themselves though.
 
Should be fine! Get yourself a decent 35mm cam like a trip 35 on the cheap and see what you can get out of them! Development can be costly, but if you can find someone who'll do it at home with scanning (if you're in the area of an enthusiast whose willing!) then it's a cheap good entry point into the magic of film! ;)
 
Short answer, yes. But to be honest if you really want to shoot some film buy yourself some new stock and put that lot on the well known auction site and mark it vintage, Lomo and experimental, you should be fine.
 
Thanks, I still have my Canon EOS 300 film camera, only swaped over to digital 18months ago, but thought I'd have a go at using film again and seeing if anyting I'd learnt using the dslr transferred to the film camera using the same lens.. I actually don't mind if they come out Lomo or Experimenta (though I might have to Google Lomo first).. I might give a couple of rolls a gp, get them deveploed and transferred to cd, there's a place locally that does it for £5.50
 
Over expose them by a bit, the general guideline is 1 stop per decade, although there's another guideline that says over-expose fresh colour neg film by up to a stop anyway, so you could try a bit more! (Then get them processed as at box speed, rather than adapted for the extra exposure...) I've had very good results with expired colour negative film, not Lomo at all; in fact expired Fuji Reala from 2007 is one of my favourite films. It is no more, but I have ten or so left for special occasions. Obviously it's best to store them in the freezer or fridge, but I got good results with some Kodak Gold 400 left over by my daughter in a drawer beside a radiator for 10 years!

But Nick's right, get some fresh stock as well for comparison. It's not the greatest, but Poundland Agfa Vista 200 works fine at the right price!
 
I have always been told colour C40 films does poorly over time unless refridgerated, run one film for sure first.
 
None of it was great film in the first place, it's storage and the passage of time will have done it no favours. It's likely that if you run it through a camera the results are likely to be disappointing at best, sure you may be lucky and get some interesting colour shifts but TBH I doubt it, the results are likely to be dull, muddy and uninspiring and are far more likely put you off shooting more film. Honestly just get some new stock, even if it's only cheap Agfa Vista from Poundland, at least it's fresh even if it is unspectacular.
 
Yeah for sure, although it is fun to have a go :-)

the amount of time I spend shooting now is very tight and precious so for me old fim is just s nono.
 
Here's an example of a decade-long-expired consumer colour film. Now, I happen to love the effect. It's one of my all-time favourite shots. However, it's fair to say that it didn't really look like that in real life. I agree with the others, buy some Vista, experiment with the expired stuff later if you want. (I have a bunch of expired colour film I keep meaning to cross-process in rodinal, because I love the grungy look)

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I agree with you Keith and your shot pretty much is the exception that proves the rule ;) Your shot is beautiful in its renditions.
 
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