Expired film

[Luc StPierre]

Sorry for repost.

Good forum this time

 

I have the possibility to buy 800' of expired KODAK 16mm EKTACHROME EF 7242 TUNGSTEN for really cheap. The thing is that this film stock is discontinued since 1986, so that makes it at least 19 years old, maybe even more. I was wondering if it was worth buying it to do camera tests and some experimentations. What kind of results do you think I would get shooting with this old film stock?

 

Thanks for any help I can get

 

Luc

[John Pytlak RIP]

Sorry for repost.

Good forum this time

 

I have the possibility to buy 800' of expired KODAK 16mm EKTACHROME EF 7242 TUNGSTEN for really cheap. The thing is that this film stock is discontinued since 1986, so that makes it at least 19 years old, maybe even more. I was wondering if it was worth buying it to do camera tests and some experimentations. What kind of results do you think I would get shooting with this old film stock?

 

Thanks for any help I can get

 

Luc

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Color film that old is very unlikely to yield good images, even if it was refrigerated. The process ME-4 for it is no longer available, and it would not survive the higher temperatures of a modern process.