Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Max, in all seriousness, if it has been in the fridge, especially in the freezer, you don't have to worry about it. If you really worry, just shoot a test roll before you go off and shoot Pulitzer stuff. On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Max Herrgard <herrgard at gmail.com> wrote: > No, I'm shooting a Leica ;) > > Thanks for your advice guys. I'll have to do some thinking now... > > > max > > > On 11 nov 2011, at 06.48, Richard Man wrote: > > Unless of course you are shooting a Holga. Then the worse film the better > > :-) > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Mark Kronquist <mak at teleport.com> > wrote: > > > >> Mark has an excellent point and a larger budget than some. > >> > >> If you need to stretch your budget and the only way you can get an image > >> is with an old roll go for it. Chance are it will b e fine. There area > vast > >> number of studies on line about preserving Black and White film for > decades > >> by controlling temperature, light (duh) and humidity. My darkroom > freezer > >> has Ansco Ortho 35mm that expired in 1962, Was cold stored in Elmdorf > >> (Alaska) and it still seems just fine....of course back in 1962 I was 1 > so > >> I have no idea how it performed...would I choose it to pop in my Blad > for > >> the Apollo 11 pix? Hell no. Is it okay for grabbing shots at Occupy > Oslo? > >> Why now try it! My 2 cents Mark > >> On Nov 10, 2011, at 8:13 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> > >>> After picking out just the right camera and lens and getting to some > >> worth > >>> shooting thing in my car the last thing I wanted over the years was > some > >>> iffy film in my camera. It didn't take me long to value getting the > best > >>> possible film. Usually from a walk in fridge in a pro camera store. > >> Plenty > >>> of cheaper ways to get it. Not my interest. Too many shots coming out > >> funny > >>> and the likely suspect was the film in my earlier years. You want to > >> remove > >>> as many fuzzy variables as you can from the equation. The way my mind > >> works > >>> is I'm not going to lift my figure to do a shoot if I think I've > already > >>> shot myself in the foot before I even walk out the door with some half > >> assed > >>> gear. And film is your most critical piece of gear. Its gear food. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Mark R. > >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > >>> > >>> > >>>> From: Max Herrgard <herrgard at gmail.com> > >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>>> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:04:44 +0100 > >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>>> Subject: [Leica] Expired 400 bw film > >>>> > >>>> Hey. > >>>> > >>>> I'm thinking of buying some expired Ilford Delta 400. The film expired > >> in 2003 > >>>> and have been stored in a fridge. > >>>> > >>>> Price is 15 SEK (?1,65 / $2.24) per roll. > >>>> > >>>> Anyone with experience from this film in its expired form? Does it > work > >> okay? > >>>> I'm still in my learning-film-phase. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Max > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.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 > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>