Shooting forty year old Ilford HP5 - some results

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I shot a roll of the forty year old Ilford HP5 (not Plus) today that I recently bought in a batch of film from the classifieds. Unusually for me, I managed to shoot, develop, scan, and publish it in a single day!

You can read the full details on my blog post for today if you're interested, but here are the best photos from the roll.

Yashicamat 124G
Ilford HP5 (expired 1982) shot at 100asa and developed at box speed (400asa).
Adox Adonal 1+25 6mins @ 20°.

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Expiryment #1 - Ilford HP5 (expired 1982) by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

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Expiryment #1 - Ilford HP5 (expired 1982)-2 by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

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Expiryment #1 - Ilford HP5 (expired 1982)-4 by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

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Expiryment #1 - Ilford HP5 (expired 1982)-5 by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

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Expiryment #1 - Ilford HP5 (expired 1982)-6 by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

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Expiryment #1 - Ilford HP5 (expired 1982)-7 by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

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Expiryment #1 - Ilford HP5 (expired 1982)-8 by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr
 
I would never have imagined that that was newly shot 40 year old film.
Seen much worse quality on fresh film.
 
Impressive! Very impressive!

Much much better than my results on 16 year old Jessops colour film.
 
Flighter said:
Impressive! Very impressive!

Much much better than my results on 16 year old Jessops colour film.
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Thanks James. I think expired colour film is a whole different kettle of fish. I've got five rolls of early 90's Kodak Vericolor plus a few other colour negative rolls with a similar vintage to shoot as part of my "project" and, while I'm hopeful that I'll get something interesting, I expect that any flaws will be much more apparent than they are with B&W.
 
FishyFish said:
Thanks James. I think expired colour film is a whole different kettle of fish. I've got five rolls of early 90's Kodak Vericolor plus a few other colour negative rolls with a similar vintage to shoot as part of my "project" and, while I'm hopeful that I'll get something interesting, I expect that any flaws will be much more apparent than they are with B&W.
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That gives me some hope of the two rolls of Agfapan APX25 (expiry 01/94) that I've got! Will be interesting shooting that in the Scottish gloom at ASA (showing my age) 6!

I felt I got slightly better results with the expired Kodak film (2 rolls of Gold 200 and 1 roll of VR 100) than the Jessops (SHR200 and Diamond Everyday 200)
 
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I've been using up some old Pan F, expired 2005. The non-emulsion side of the film has a strange mottled pattern on it.
I think that it may be from the black on the backing paper as Ilford mention on their web site that they print on the paper as lightly as they can because the ink can affect the film.
 
Reminds me to load up a cassette of my 1955 expired Eastman Super XX for @FishyFish and if we don't meetup at Smallwood Rally I'll post it, with appropriate bio-hazard packaging.
 
David_Mug said:
I've been using up some old Pan F, expired 2005. The non-emulsion side of the film has a strange mottled pattern on it.
I think that it may be from the black on the backing paper as Ilford mention on their web site that they print on the paper as lightly as they can because the ink can affect the film.
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I’ve had the backing paper markings show up the negatives on more than one occasion, and sometimes not even with expired film.
 
Good stuff.

I enjoyed the post and will now head over to the blog. Thanks for posting Nige and well done on getting it all done so quickly :D
 
FishyFish said:
Are there documented camera decontamination instructions included? :oops: :$
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One reason I only used it in my late father's RTL 1000 :naughty:. Could always try the methods British Museum used for mummies in the days I was a health and safety consultant, mind you a room sized chamber full of formaldehyde gas or ethylene oxide might be overkill :puke:.
 
dmb said:
Could always try the methods British Museum used for mummies in the days I was a health and safety consultant, mind you a room sized chamber full of formaldehyde gas or ethylene oxide might be overkill :puke:.
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Better safe than sorry. If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing to excess.
 
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