Can you take good photos with expired ISO400 35mm film from Rossmann?
I'm still shooting with expired Rossmann films at ISO 200, which are no longer produced, and get good to excellent results. However, since I don't know how ISO 400 (also from Rossmann) performs, I'm asking for information. I also had an old Agfa film that had been sitting in the cupboard for about 18 years developed. And the result was still good to very good. The lab just left a note on the camera bag saying that the film was already old. These films are stored in the refrigerator. However, I don't know where the sellers stored them before.
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The colors will be slightly changed depending on the storage time and you may need to calculate longer exposure times. I’d set it to ISO 200. But as you have already noticed, you can also take pictures with 20-year-old films.
Hello Uneternal!
Thank you for your information. But I have a small picture camera where I can’t adjust the Iso value. 🙁 It is a revue 270AF with zoom of 38-70mm.
Okay. I automatically think the ISO is over the DX encoding, which can be changed by bit. Otherwise, you had to try if there’s something more reasonable, it’s probably gonna be a little griefy or dark.
Hello Uneternal!
Thanks for the info. Then I can’t take these films with my current photo project, because I can’t go there in future. And I can’t afford ruined images/photos. Luckily I still have enough old Rossmann movies with ISO200 and still some others, so I don’t have to take the few with ISO400 then. Also I will photograph 2x with s/w films.
Because you don’t know how the movie was stored, it’s always a gambling game. You have to expect that the sensitivity has changed and that there are discolorations. The more sensitive the film is, the stronger these errors come out. In the worst case, you’ll get unusable negatives,
Hello, Remmelken!
Thank you for your info. I almost thought so. I have (as described in my question) successfully photographed only with old Rossmann films with ISO200 with good results. So I didn’t get to the ISO400. Since I have a small picture camera (Revue 270AF Zoom38-70mm) I cannot adjust the ISO value. This is the camera itself. But I don’t know if she can recognize that in old movies. Don’t think so.
Previously, kb films kept much longer when they were stored in the refrigerator.
and fresh were over when the camera was just a few hours on the back of the overheated car, which was full in the sun.
Hello fanclub75!
Thanks for the info. I always consume fresh films right away. However, I have now purchased KB films that I store in the refrigerator. I don’t know where the seller kept them. 🙁