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A friend of mine has just given me two rolls of expired 35mm colour film, both found in a draw during a house move, so history unknown, but they're boxed so definitely not exposed. What do I need to do to maximise my chances of success with these when I run them through my camera?

There's a roll of ColourCare Prima 200 dated 05/2006, and a roll of Kodak Color (sic) Plus 200 dated 06/2006.

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I dunno i recently had a role of Velvia 100 from 2006 that I ran at 75 and it came out overexposed.
 
Velvia is a bit of a different game though, look at it funny and it get's overexposed...
 
Agree with rating them at 100 and I suggest trying for funky color (sic) effects by shooting for flare or leaving them on a hot windowsill before developing :)
 
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Thanks everyone, I'll give that a go and post results, unless they're too embarrassing to show!
 
If there is an ISO 160 setting on the camera, I'd use that. But I'm sure ISO 100 will be fine.
 
Cheers freecom. The camera doesn't have any ISO override setting at all; it just reads DX codes. I can easily change the code or use manual mode though.

So why 160 not 100?
 
I picked up a roll of expired in 2000 Kodak Ektachrome 100 the other day. Thought I might run it through the Mamiya just for a laugh, see if anything comes out. Would it be wise to shoot it at 50 or just try the box speed and see what happens?

Andy
 
50 will be fine Andy.
 
Andysnap said:
I picked up a roll of expired in 2000 Kodak Ektachrome 100 the other day. Thought I might run it through the Mamiya just for a laugh, see if anything comes out. Would it be wise to shoot it at 50 or just try the box speed and see what happens?

Andy
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H'mm can't you shoot half the roll at 50 and half at 100, then if anyone else asks the same question you can advise. (y)
 
That's a good idea ^^^^
 
The cost of film processing given the cost of a roll of in date Agfa Vista from Poundland makes me reluctant to use old film, especially when I don't know how well it has been stored. As others have said, give it more light than the box speed. Even if you over expose it by a few stops you should get something & any colour cast can be removed when it is scanned or printed.

Personally though, with being able to get fresh film for £1 & them being bog standard consumer films I wouldn't bother with them. If it was something special like Porta 160VC though, I might be.
 
Yeah, but it's less than £2 each for developing only, to scan at home, and I'd have to pay that with fresh film too. Plus, this way I can load up my Yashica as well as my Minolta, and have choices :)

And anyway, it's fun!
 
^^^ WHS ^^^
 
As a guideline...... Allow a stop for each decade.
 
Asha said:
As a guideline...... Allow a stop for each decade.
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That,s all your film out the window,you have not enough stops. :)
 
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