Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Life's too short to mess around with out of date film. No problem emptying the fridge regularly here ;-) Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim Nichols Sent: Friday, 2 November 2007 01:20 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Lesson Learned Don, Thanks for your comments. I still hold to the fogging theory, because even the spaces between frames have the same appearance. That was the only roll of that age that I had. I now have roll that is from 2006 in the camera. We will see how it comes out. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 3:00 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Lesson Learned >I think instead of fogging, the film just lost speed over time. There is > some amazing chemistry going on in modern C-41 films and all that changes > over time. I would break out another roll and shoot a heavily bracketed > series of a very long scale scene to find the true speed of the film. Or > shoot a gray card starting at -5 stops of meter and go up in 1/2 stop > brackets which is boring but will tell you a lot about the speed curve of > the film today. > > On 10/30/07, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> >> LUGGERS, >> >> Off and on, over the years, I have used out of date B&W silver film with >> very few problems. Recently, when I wanted to check out a Pentax 50/1.4 >> lens that had come my way, I grabbed an out of date roll of T400CN ( 4 >> years >> out of date), and shot a few pictures. A couple of days ago, I finished >> up >> the 36 exposures and took it in for processing by the same lab that does >> my >> C41 color work. >> >> What surprised me is the level of fogging, if that is the proper term, >> for >> it looks like grain, that I found in the low-light images. I must admit >> that the film was not refrigerated. Is this the experience others have >> found? >> >> An example image is linked below. The light color is metallic silver, >> and >> the contrasting color is black. Note the grain-like appearance in both >> the >> light and dark areas, but especially in the darker areas. All of the >> negatives were like this in the shadow areas. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Mirror+with+Turn+Signal.jpg.html >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information