FOUND - 20+Year Old Fuji Tungsten 64 Type II Roll of Film > What Now?

[DF]

Back in the day, I specifically shot cityscapes at night using tungsten films with a 30 magenta filter.
The skies were an exaggerated somewhat cartoonish blue, if clear not overcast, while lights coming from
buildings, signs, fountains, etc, could also be abit perked up but all in all the overall rendering was pleasant.
Now, I understand films this old should be tossed for obvious reasons, but I never shot tungsten for its intended purposes - indoor studio commercial work. I'd like to try, for old-time sake, give this roll a whirl of my SAME old scenario, 'just nowadays, the sodium-vapor lighting dotting the landscapes are gone, and in its place LED.
Is this all a waste of time?
The expiration date reads "2003-10" followed by some serial # "708604"
Oh, and of course, this roll HAS NOT been in the fridge but room temp the entire time.

 

[blee1996]

Your film is still pretty "young" in the grand scheme of expired film. I would probably put on a 85B filter on the lens, and go out shoot the roll. If you develop in E6, I would actually suggest original ISO 64. If you will cross-process in C41, then I would suggest lower ISO like 50 or even 25. It might produce something decent, good luck!

 

[Taylor K Nankervis]

In its heyday, tungsten film has its enthusiastic fans. Take it out for a look-see in the evening 'blue hour' — tungsten film will accentuate the effect — even more interesting over a several hours long exposure (5-6 hours) to record star trails. Very abstract, dreamy landscapes can be achieved with sky and ocean.

As a general rule for E6 films, 1 to 1.5 stops additional compensation for each decade past, assuming the film has been stored in ideal conditions (deep frozen); Without that, it's a question of taking the risk, and learning from the results.

Exposure-wise, really no way to reliably tell until you expose a test roll, with attendant recorded notes, and use that as a springboard for adjustments to any other long-lost films of yore...

 

[loccdor]

Probably usable with some correction. Likely to have color shifts, Fuji slide tends to shift toward purple but this one might be different. The oldest usable slide film I've tried was Fuji Sensia expired 1996.

I would try ISO 50 as your starting point. I have not found 1 stop per decade to be accurate for E6.

Just some data points.

Sensia 100 1996: ISO 64-80
Sensia 100 2004: ISO 80
Sensia 100 2007: ISO 80
Sensia 400 2010: ISO 250
Ektachrome 100 EPN 220 2002: 40 (edges fogged due to oxidization)
Fuji slide early 90s: completely unusable faint images
Astia 2001: ISO 50-80
Velvia 2003: Unusable (blacks became reds, x-pro look)

 

[YoIaMoNwater]

Yea, don't apply the 1 stop per decade rule for E6, it doesn't work like that.

What I found with expired E6 film is that you would want to PULL the film. This means bracketing +0.5, +1, +1.5, etc. and then reduce the FD development time. I also found that adding iodide to the FD can help with reducing base fog. But if you have one roll of it, I would just shoot at box speed and hope for the best.