20 year old unprocessed super-8 film

[Guest Jim Murdoch]

A few days ago I was given a old Canon Super-8 camera that had belonged to my late brother. There was a roll of Kodak 50ASA film in it that had been exposed but he must have never have gotten round to sending in for processing. The expiry date was 1984!

 

Is there any chance that the film will still have an image on it? If I remember correctly, the processing was included in the purchase price of the film, but how long will they honour that for? Or is there something that can be done if the lab is warned in advance that it is old film?

[Nate Downes]

I've processed stuff from 1984 before, came out very pink, but you could see it. The best results I got however were when I cross-processed it as Black and White negative.

[J. Lamar King IMPOSTOR]

I've had still film done from around the late seventies. One roll they processed straight and it was very dark. I found another one later and had it pushed two stops and it was a lot better but definitely deteriorated. The best thing though was it was like a time capsule and brought long forgotten memories back.

 

I would warn the lab what it is and have it end tested if possible and decide whether and how much to push.

Edited February 20, 2005 by J. Lamar King

[Guest Y.M.Poursohi]

Hello

 

If you want to process old super 8 film stock there is Rockey mountain film labs, they are the only place that I know of. Naturally they would charge more for old film than the current K-40 film. Here is their info

 

Email: info@rockymountainfilm.com

 

Postal Address:

Rocky Mountain Film

560 Geneva Street

Aurora, CO 80010, USA

 

Telephone: 303 364 6444

 

FAX: 303 340 3449

 

You might still get the exposed image on the roll and maybe with some telecine, you could adjust the colors.

 

Hope this helps

Yousef