Exposed and forgotten (15 years) film

[Anon Ymous]

Hello...

I found a roll of Agfa HDC plus 100 I had shot back in... 2001 I have the chemicals needed for development, but I have no idea about what to expect, nor about any special treatment needed for this case. Am I going to get anything usable, or is it more likely to get something... psychedelic? Anyway, any tips would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

Good luck. You should get something.

 

[Helinophoto]

Tried that with some left overs from a snapped c-41 film, which was stored inside the canister for an unknown number of years (probably taken during the mid 90's) in very variable temperatures.

Normal development yielded very very thin negatives, could barely make out people and the scenes after tweaking the scans very hard.

So I would believe that you will need to extend the development time significantly, you'll probably get some fog.

Would be interested to hear too, if there are someone with actual experience in this.

 

[guangong]

I recently found an undeveloped roll of minox film at least twenty years old. Processed normally. Found images of my late camera shy （hence the minox）brother- and sister-in-law. Made much appreciated prints for their daughter. Not leica or hassy quality but still she is grateful for the pictures. Such an occurance will never happen with digital.

 

[Anon Ymous]

Tried that with some left overs from a snapped c-41 film, which was stored inside the canister for an unknown number of years (probably taken during the mid 90's) in very variable temperatures.

Normal development yielded very very thin negatives, could barely make out people and the scenes after tweaking the scans very hard.

So I would believe that you will need to extend the development time significantly, you'll probably get some fog.

Would be interested to hear too, if there are someone with actual experience in this.

Based on your experience, perhaps I should extend development time to 4', instead of the normal 3'15''. Anyone care to make a comment?

 

[Anon Ymous]

If something can go wrong, it can go dreadfully wrong.

I had to open the lips of the cassette in order to get the film out of there, I had previously pulled the leader in the cassette. While trying to pull the film out of it, I pulled something that happened to be one edge of the perforation of the film. Previously, the camera had "chewed" this edge edge by pulling it I totally ripped it. Needless to say the by now narrower film wouldn't fit the reel, it was too narrow. So I ended up just placing the film in the tank as is and hoping for the best... which didn't really come. I knew I'd get parts of the film sticking together and prevent proper wetting of the emulsion, which happened for the most part of the film. There were few (2-3) shots that were more or less unaffected and revealed that it would be absolutely usable. Any colour distortion could be corrected. Some shots can be characterised as, eh... psychedelic and the rest were totally ruined.