Expired Gold 200, age?

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I recently found an roll of Gold 200 I'd like to shoot, however the box has been cut up and wrapped around the canister, no expiry date anymore.. The only thing I know it's that it quite surely is expired, I don't know by how long though.

I thought someone in here would surely be able to tell me from when to when they used this print on the box, to help me narrow or down a little?

I'd also be happy for any suggestions at what did I should shoot it at, I've never shot excited film before. I'm pretty sure it has never been stored correctly.

I don't care how 'bad' or 'interesting' it will turn out, I'd just be happy to get some kind of an image.
 

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The black film canister and older Kodak logo date it at least a decade old. IMHO more likely pre 2005.
 

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Does the number "6" on the canister have any significance (I've noticed these numbers before, but never known what they meant ) ?
 
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Anon Ymous said:
The black film canister and older Kodak logo date it at least a decade old. IMHO more likely pre 2005.
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Yeah, I thought similar but I was pretty unsure as <12 year old me didn't care much about what film went in to cameras.

How would you suggest I should rate it?


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No tail?
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Fairly tightly wound round. It's there.
SN is 412504 is that might be any indication of age too?
 

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Expose as ISO 50. You migtht be as lucky as i was with this VR 200 bought at a fleemarket 4 years ago. It had never been stored in a fridge or freezer. Personally i forgot all about it untill last month. I found it in my car, where i left it.
Those two pictures were taken on the film that was in the package shown.
Self developed C41 normal times.

Old but GUT by Michael G, on Flickr

Skovtursklar/ Ready for picnic. by Michael G, on Flickr

Good luck Michael.
 

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Topsy said:
I've never shot excited film before
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Are you saying all the film you have shot has been bored?
It probably is close to the same speed as when it was "current", at least in some of the colours.
I'd use it an EI of 100, but I wouldn't count on getting high quality colour reproduction from it.
It might also be less contrasty than when new.
 
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Made me chuckle! I use a swype keyboard on my phone and don't always proof read very well.. (my online friends started calling me "Typos"..)

Don't care about colour reproduction at all, more curious how it will turn out but trying to give it the best chance it can get.
Still need to fix the mirror foam on my F2 and it'll be in there at 50 or 100 or something in between.

I'll report back when it's done!
 

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I have got an identical 36 roll that I bought for £1.00 and it was pre 2001 that I bought it probably 1999-2000 period from a Dixon's bargain basket in Skegness, never been much of a colour user until I started developing my own a few months ago ,I intend to put it in my Nikon F50 or F90 and shoot it at ASA 100.

Actually I recommend shooting most colour film at 100 ASA.
 
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I got about 50 rolls of Gold 200 in 12 shot at one point. These things were expired as possible. I shot em @ 25 and hoped for the best. Some of them came out nice but most were horrible. However I really learned a lot shooting those crappy rolls of film, it taught me home development, sunny 16, hyperfocal focusing and other stuff I would have chickened out of shooting with good fresh film.

Fire away and hope for the best. Caffeinal works too.
 

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I bought a ton of Vericolor II 120 film that expired in 1998. I expose at 50 or 25 ISO and still get very good results.
 

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