This Film Expired 60 Years Ago, can I still use it ?

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[stew_redman]

Me and my daughter have some Fujicolor HG 100 that expired in January 1993. We are going to shoot it in January 2023 to mark it's 30th year since expiration :)

[melville]

My grandma passed away in 2008, and I found her old camera that still had film loaded! Getting it developed and seeing pictures of me as a kid next to those I took myself was a very cool experience.

[TSGEnt]

There is something about film grain that is very spectacular.
Btw, I love the 60's film, color grade and vignette vibe you gave to the video.

[dustysprockets]

Black and white holds up well against aging, especially a low ISO like this. Its always fun to experiment like this!

[w.t.]

NOTICE!!! when shooting old rollfilm, there is a HIGH chance that the tape holding the film to the spool has crumbled! To fix this, you need to unroll the film untill you reach this tape, and retape it. (in the dark bag ofc. The tape is at the first frame beginning) Its advisable to check rolls older than 1980. I also recommend taping the paper to the takeup spool.

[danem]

I find it interesting that there are still expired rolls to be sold. I shot a ton of it from eBay over a decade ago when you couldn't give it away, and I could neither find nor afford fresh film. My oldest successful roll was some 116 that expired in 1949. Recently came across a few subscription services where you pay up to $20 a roll for random expired film. Yikes

[xand]

YouTube AI is a wonder, didn't search for this, don't normally watch this kinda video, but definitely enjoyed it! 👍

[davidwright]

So happy to see this. I had a Kowa Six back in 1970 when I was photographer for my college yearbook.

[EdwardIglesias]

Excellent! I actually own one of the Sears Tower cameras that were in the catalog page. Picked it up years ago and it works well. It is also a rangefinder.

[SoapyWetDish]

60 years from now, imagine trying to use and read todays digital storage media.
Even if you could find a camera that could put the images down, you'd be hard pressed finding anything capable of pulling the files off.

[MaxfieldMini]

Oh my word! I actually gasped when you loaded the film in SUNLIGHT! I would have done it in my darkroom or changing bag! I know that's always the case with Infrared, but given the age a bit more TLC couldn't hurt.
I'm amazed how the photos turned out.🇺🇲❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[zenitpro]

If only photographic equipment businesses could truly understand this love we have for film photography and kept producing film at an affordable price... thanks for sharing this great experience. I myself have an undeveloped roll of Ilford BW 120 film in my Rolleiflex, which has been there for six years now. "Fresh" if compared to the one you used! I'm looking forward to sending it to a lab and get it developed, because there are some pictures I took of my son when he was just a baby with this film. Keep up the great work!

[damionblair]

This was such a fun collaboration! Thanks for the feature!

[Rick]

About 30 years ago, I purchased a Kodak Medalist II (620 film) from a person in Connecticut. It had a roll of film (B&W) in it that had been used. In fact, not even completely finished. According to the person who sold it to me, it had sat for over 30 years at that time. I carefully removed the film and had it processed. There was an apparently brand new 1960 Ford Sunliner (convertible) that had been photographed, plus other photos' of local Connecticut buildings from about that time. It was remarkable time capsule. After, I had the camera converted to 120 film, then cleaned, lubed and adjusted. I took many remarkable photo's with it after the conversion. It served me for several years and then I, quite regrettably now, sold it. I hope it served someone else with much joy....Thanks for sharing your old film experience! 🙂

[deldridg]

Wonderful video and thank you! Sitting next to me here in my office are a lot of older cameras, including an XPan, a mint Rolleiflex 75/3.5, a Leica IIIf, a Bronica RF645, a bunch of ETRSi, Chamonix 4x5 and tons of beautiful lenses, completely untouched in 5 years. I have a fridge full of film that expired a few years ago and so now you've awakened the beast within and I have to get shooting before my lovely wife mandates a fire sale! Oh, life can be too busy at times! Cheers and thank you from Australia - Dave

[brelade-gb]

How beautiful. Makes me want to fish out some old film I have lying around and shooting in film

[CoasterTeaFox]

I got goosebumps seeing how the first photos came out🥰

[calebm]

This is incredible to me because I've shot on 35mm that expired in 2007 and it was a hazy blurry mess. This was either very well preserved or just amazing quality.

[tnp]

I had a Kowa Super 66, , which had interchangeable film backs. I loved it!

[penboyasgod]

If it's been refrigerated the entire time, probably yes. If it's been frozen the entire time, definitely yes.