Kodak Gold 1600 - EXP/1992

ChristopherCoy · May 29, 2020

Here is the first roll of test film from the two bricks that I purchased from @summicron1

Under advice from The Darkroom lab, I shot the roll at ISO800. The first frame of every set is shot as metered TTL. The second frame is shot at ISO400 or +2 EV. They were developed as normal, again according to The Darkroom and developed by The Darkroom.

The whole roll is viewable on my Flickr account. https://www.flickr.com/photos/christophercoy/sets/72157714498027828

000107000010 by Christopher Coy, on Flickr

000107000011 by Christopher Coy, on Flickr

TheGreatGasMaskMan · May 29, 2020

ChristopherCoy · May 29, 2020

TheGreatGasMaskMan said:
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Are these the same type of film? And if so, how did you shoot/develop them?

TheGreatGasMaskMan · May 29, 2020

ChristopherCoy said:
Are these the same type of film? And if so, how did you shoot/develop them?

All from the same roll. the top one was shot at iso 200 (I assumed the film was 30 years expired), and going down I increased my exposure by one stop. I had the film developed normally by my camera store. the results of this test and a the few other rolls I tried showed that GENERALLY, if the standard rule for expired CN film is one stop per decade, high speed film only needs one additional stop. However... Ektar 1000 and Max 800 defied this rule and worked fine with the standard one stop per decade.

ChristopherCoy · May 29, 2020

TheGreatGasMaskMan said:
All from the same roll. the top one was shot at iso 200 (I assumed the film was 30 years expired), and going down I increased my exposure by one stop. I had the film developed normally by my camera store. the results of this test and a the few other rolls I tried showed that GENERALLY, if the standard rule for expired CN film is one stop per decade, high speed film only needs one additional stop. However... Ektar 1000 and Max 800 defied this rule and worked fine with the standard one stop per decade.

So this was Kodak Gold 1600?

TheGreatGasMaskMan · May 29, 2020

ChristopherCoy said:
So this was Kodak Gold 1600?

yep.
Kodacolor gold 1600 to be precise.

summicron1 · May 29, 2020

that's fascinating. I salute you for having the patients to do that...you may get some good use out of that.

Yeah, with only 39 more rolls to deal with, you may need to pace yourself.

thanks

Charlie

TheGreatGasMaskMan · May 29, 2020

ChristopherCoy said:
Interesting. I really wasn't expecting much since no one knows how it was stored, but these came back rather interesting. I'm wondering if a ND filter would change things any. Have you tried one?

I've got 39 more rolls of this stuff so I want to optimize results.

Only ever used an ND filter with digital, even then I've hardly ever used one.

MattKing · May 29, 2020

Whoa - it was a good question!
What is it that you were thinking would be accomplished by using an ND filter? Perhaps you were looking to lessen the depth of field, or maybe you had something else in mind, or maybe there is something that you misunderstand. In any case, my reaction was: "I wonder why Chris thinks that might help?"
I would suggest more exposure, and a strong warming filter to help counteract the heavy cyan cast.
May we see a photo of the negatives themselves?

ChristopherCoy · May 30, 2020

MattKing said:
Whoa - it was a good question!
What is it that you were thinking would be accomplished by using an ND filter? Perhaps you were looking to lessen the depth of field, or maybe you had something else in mind, or maybe there is something that you misunderstand. In any case, my reaction was: "I wonder why Chris thinks that might help?"
I would suggest more exposure, and a strong warming filter to help counteract the heavy cyan cast.
May we see a photo of the negatives themselves?

You're entirely right Matt. Yesterday was a very bad day for me as evident by my now deleted backlash at @Donald Qualls for which I sincerely apologize.

What it essentially boils down to is that I posted a question before I fully realized the thought, and then became irritated when questioned.

Donald Qualls · May 30, 2020

ChristopherCoy said:
You're entirely right Matt. Yesterday was a very bad day for me as evident by my now deleted backlash at @Donald Qualls for which I sincerely apologize.

What it essentially boils down to is that I posted a question before I fully realized the thought, and then became irritated when questioned.

Accepted. We've all had days like that.

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