expired foma 100 & 400 worth shooting?

LarryP · Jan 27, 2016

I was in the freezer and found 10 rolls of foma 100 and 400 expired in september 2014. Never been one to shoot expired film but hate waste is it worth giving a shot at this point?

pdeeh · Jan 27, 2016

removed account4 · Jan 27, 2016

pdeeh said:
Yes

+1 !

Stephen Prunier · Jan 27, 2016

I'd use it.

Roger Cole · Jan 27, 2016

That's so recent that unless it's been badly store it should be fine.

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wildbill · Jan 27, 2016

no. you must send it to me for proper disposal.

aoresteen · Jan 27, 2016

wildbill said:
no. you must send it to me for proper disposal.

Rats! I was going to say that !

It will be fine. I'd down rate it a bit - 1/2 stop less than your normal EI.

wildbill · Jan 27, 2016

I'm still shooting Arista 125 (fp4+) that expired in 2008. I still rate it at 100 like I did the day I bought it.

Roger Cole · Jan 27, 2016

aoresteen said:
Rats! I was going to say that !

It will be fine. I'd down rate it a bit - 1/2 stop less than your normal EI.

That's almost certainly unnecessary, especially with the 100.

Ian Grant · Jan 27, 2016

The ISO 9002 that many companies adhere to means films now have much shorter expiry dates than they used to, this is more about stock rotation than the film actually deteriorating, a few years ago films had expiry dates or around 5 years. So as other have said your film is fine.

Ian

ME Super · Jan 27, 2016

I'd shoot it. But if you don't want to, you can always send it to me.

LarryP · Jan 27, 2016

thanks

Thanks guys thought it would be ok as is but just wanted to check. I remember at one point wondering what happened to it, turns out it was hiding behind something. Now I have enough film to enjoy the new to me 100mm f4 macro for basically the cost of developing.

wildbill · Jan 27, 2016

There are tons of threads asking the same question.

expired foma 100 & 400 worth shooting?

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