Old(ish) 35 film advice.

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I have a mixture of about a dozen old rolls of 35 film and slide, some exposed some not. All have been kept in the fridge in their plastic capsules (was this the correct thing to do?) since the early 2000's.
Looking for specific advice on each. I can't remember what is on the exposed, do I just bin the lot?

1/ Fuji Sensia 200 from 2002.
2/ Kodak T400 B&W
3/ Fuji Velvia 50 exposed.
4/ Fuji Provia 100 exposed.
5/ Fuji Provia 100 from 2005.

Thanks.
 
donut said:
develope the exposed ones and use the unexposed ones ,,,,,,

simples,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Yep, they should be fine if they have been kept in the fridge.
 
Really? I guess ten years is not a huge amount of time but I thought they would have degraded over that period. Good to hear if it is that simple.

I also have an exposed roll of Kodachrome which I guess is as good as rubbish.
 
I don't think there is anywhere left that can develop Kodachrome, sadly I never got to use it.
 
Andysnap said:
I don't think there is anywhere left that can develop Kodachrome, sadly I never got to use it.
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....can't you develop as B\W , I sure I've read that it can be done ?
 
excalibur2 said:
....can't you develop as B\W , I sure I've read that it can be done ?
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I think it can be stand developed, only b&w obviously. Dwayne's in the US processed the last rolls of Kodachrome in 2010 I think, one day it will be resurrected I hope.
 
Andysnap said:
I don't think there is anywhere left that can develop Kodachrome, sadly I never got to use it.
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excalibur2 said:
....can't you develop as B\W , I sure I've read that it can be done ?
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Sadly Kodachrome can't be processed anywhere in the world now. A Google search for "Dwayne" + "Kodachrome" will give lots of results confirming this. I distinctly remember hearing the news on Radio 4. Here's an article about the end of processing : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8232084/Kodachrome-film-retires-aged-75.html

Unfortunately a relative gave me 3 unopened boxes of Kodachrome 64 a couple of years ago.Maybe the Lomo crowd will find some weird use for them one day and ebay prices will rocket!
I also believe that you can get it processed as B&W but I've no idea where, or what the results would be like.
 
Peak say:
Non Standard Film
We can also process 127, 126, 110 and a selection of obselete film including Kodachrome and C-22.
Please call 0114 224 3207 for details or email sales@peak-imaging.com.

E6 Process for Colour Transparency Films
We process all makes of 35mm, 120 and 5x4 E6 process colour transparency film, however we can only process Kodachrome via our black and white process.
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Shoot the Sensia, perhaps at 50? Process the rest... including the Kodachrome!
 
Thankyou everyone. Much better outcome than I expected.
 
Kodachrome can't be developed as colour film any where any more unfortunately, as has been pointed out there are some places that will process it b&w which is fine as a method of rescuing long exposed film but completely pointless imho if it's unexposed. Far better to stick it in the freezer and wait for the inevitable Kickstarter launch to resurrect the film and its process.
 
Our chest freezer died this year and we had to replace it. Sadly we did lose some food because we didn't have the space in our inside freezer to store it; happily it was mainly fruit from our garden. Underneath the ice cream container labelled "Blackcurrants 1995" (sic - it really would be 20 years ago that they went in) we came to the boxes of film that I knew were in there somewhere but hadn't been able to find. When I say "boxes" I mean large ice cream containers. I knew I had a dozen or so cassettes of 35mm E6 film to process, but found that they were just the tip of the iceberg. Some of the reloaded cassettes of FP4 were quite historic in terms of old names (Perutz film, anyone?). So mine are older than yours, but I'll definitely process them.

I think the key to successful storage is to make sure that the films are kept free of condensation; the original unbroken seals should be fine to preserve them.
 
RaglanSurf said:
Kodachrome can't be developed as colour film any where any more unfortunately, as has been pointed out there are some places that will process it b&w which is fine as a method of rescuing long exposed film but completely pointless imho if it's unexposed. Far better to stick it in the freezer and wait for the inevitable Kickstarter launch to resurrect the film and its process.
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Well I always think:- if the Chinese don't do "something" then there is a problem :(
 
excalibur2 said:
Well I always think:- if the Chinese don't do "something" then there is a problem :(
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Generally I'd tend to agree with you Brian but it wasn't the Chinese that resurrected polaroid film or the other Kickstarter projects of the New 55 or Ferrania so I'm still holding out some hope.
 
Well while you can make a film that is different it must be difficult to match Fuji and Kodak colour film for best results overall...I was never impressed with Ilfocolor
 
No colour reversal film I've tried has been better than Kodachrome; Ektachrome was washed out, Fuji too green. Ferrania CR50 was a good second. All personal opinion/taste. Colour negative films I'm not experienced with, and have stuck to easily obtained films (Fuji 160 as I only use colour film in 120 size and a local supplier sells it). But this is off topic...
 
You'd think the US government would have persuaded Kodak to keep the film going for at least archival reasons as it is estimated it's good for about 150 years...maybe frozen for a thousand (just guessing). Well I can't see any change (stored at room temp) for my Kodachrome shots after 50 years.
 
RaglanSurf said:
I think it can be stand developed, only b&w obviously. Dwayne's in the US processed the last rolls of Kodachrome in 2010 I think, one day it will be resurrected I hope.
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Actually, Stephen Frizza of The Lighthouse Lab in Australia did it about a year after Dwayne's finished as a technical exercise but he stated that he had no intention of offering it as a service.


Steve.
 
The complexity of the process is why I think we have seen the last of it, crying shame but there you are.
 
We need more musicians to take up photography....

If it's too cryptic - think Ansel Adams and the zone system, or (more relevantly) Mannes and Godowsky who developed Kodachrome were also musicians. I presume that the dedication needed to succeed in music transfers over into other occupations.
 
StephenM said:
We need more musicians to take up photography....

If it's too cryptic - think Ansel Adams and the zone system, or (more relevantly) Mannes and Godowsky who developed Kodachrome were also musicians. I presume that the dedication needed to succeed in music transfers over into other occupations.
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Oh...!! I so love your posts Stephen...
 
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