Expired Ektachrome

[LMNOP]

Hey folks!

Thought I'd share some results from my recent roll of Ektachrome 64 (expired 1994) shot at box speed, on my Hasselblad, overexposing about a half stop, and pushed a half stop in processing. Looking back, I think I could expose a bit more, possibly metering for 32 speed, and I'd like to try some sunnier conditions next time. I'd really like to get a basic kit for home processing E6, sending it out at the moment, PM me if you have any thoughts on good kits for E6.

This film has a great quality to it, certainly looks its age, not what I'm used to seeing. As always, looking at the positives directly is unmatchable in scanning. Anyone shoot this stuff lately?

 

[crumpet8]

Thanks for sharing, that first shot could be Norway! I, too, recently processed some e6 film of the same vintage shot though my 500c/m over Christmas don't have access to a scanner at the moment unfortunately, and I can't recommend a good kit as I only found a few rolls in the back of the fridge so it wasn't worth buying a whole kit...

 

[pentaxpete]

Your results have the Magenta colour cast of outdated slide film that I get with outdated Fuji Sensia- but I have corrected it a lot in 'levels' in PhotoShop 7 or in the Colour in FastStone Image Viewer .

 

[removed account4]

hi LMNOP

can you post a little tidbit in the expired film group ?
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

beautiful images by the way !
john

 

[LMNOP]

Thanks for sharing, that first shot could be Norway! I, too, recently processed some e6 film of the same vintage shot though my 500c/m over Christmas don't have access to a scanner at the moment unfortunately, and I can't recommend a good kit as I only found a few rolls in the back of the fridge so it wasn't worth buying a whole kit...

I would love to see Norway! Your shots look amazing, you gotta get a scanner!

 

[Hatchetman]

I guess it's nice to know your film looks the same as mine of a similar vintage. Kind of purplish (is that a word?)

 

[crumpet8]

I would love to see Norway! Your shots look amazing, you gotta get a scanner!

If you like nature it's worth a visit! It's more of a computer problem than scanner problem. Waiting to get new software...

 

[bvy]

Curious, how was your Ektachrome stored?

I cross-process expired Ektachrome. The contrast and saturation are insane. It's a little hard to color balance (I wet print), but once you lock in on the right filtration, the prints are pretty amazing. It's not for everything, but for certain things, it's a lot of fun.

 

[twelvetone12]

Do you process them as C41? Do they print well without orange mask? Your example is very nice!

 

[LMNOP]

Curious, how was your Ektachrome stored?

I cross-process expired Ektachrome. The contrast and saturation are insane. It's a little hard to color balance (I wet print), but once you lock in on the right filtration, the prints are pretty amazing. It's not for everything, but for certain things, it's a lot of fun.

You'd have to ask Michael at the Film Photography Project - I purchased this film from him. I was told it has been cold stored since expiration, and they batch test this stuff. I love the colors in your shot, I can't believe that is cross processed, I only get green out of that method!

 

[LMNOP]

Do you process them as C41? Do they print well without orange mask? Your example is very nice!

I haven't printed these, though I would love to, no setup for that. I had to increase temp quite a bit when scanning, except that shot of the tree trunks, that is pretty raw. I had these processed as E6.

 

[LMNOP]

I guess it's nice to know your film looks the same as mine of a similar vintage. Kind of purplish (is that a word?)

Yeah, very strong magenta presence, I was not digging that on some of the shots but others it worked well. I wish that portrait was sharper, I love the background colors.

 

[bvy]

Do you process them as C41? Do they print well without orange mask? Your example is very nice!

You'd have to ask Michael at the Film Photography Project - I purchased this film from him. I was told it has been cold stored since expiration, and they batch test this stuff. I love the colors in your shot, I can't believe that is cross processed, I only get green out of that method!

Thank you both. In case you were asking me, twelvetone, mine is C-41 processed and printed to Fuji Crystal Archive paper. This one printed just fine without the orange mask, and using a rather standard filtration of 40M+40Y. Other times, I've had to go as far as dialing in cyan. (You have to do this when you dial magenta down to zero and still need to dump green from your print.) The image shown is a scan of the paper print.

The green in cross-processing is a scanning artifact, as it's trying to compensate for an orange mask that isn't there. It can be balanced -- relatively. The colors will never be accurate with cross-processed film, but you can get close if you balance your grays. That's what I do. Other times you might want the garish greens or a color cast, and that works too.

 

[Roger Cole]

I seem to recall reading somewhere that Fuji E6 did not cross process nearly as well as Kodak. True?

I'd hate to use the frozen E100G I have for other than intended slides, but I do have some otherwise useless Elitechrome 400 I bought expired "but cold stored, tested and perfect" which is very pastel and grainy. Basically useless for slides, so I have considered cross processing it.

 

[bvy]

I seem to recall reading somewhere that Fuji E6 did not cross process nearly as well as Kodak. True?

I'd hate to use the frozen E100G I have for other than intended slides, but I do have some otherwise useless Elitechrome 400 I bought expired "but cold stored, tested and perfect" which is very pastel and grainy. Basically useless for slides, so I have considered cross processing it.

I cross-process Provia as a matter of course. In fact, it behaves so well, that some of my prints from it are indistinguishable from my Portra prints.

Ditto that about the Ektachrome. I have two rolls in the freezer that I bought from B&H when it was last in stock. I don't shoot slides very often, so I'm waiting for the "right moment."