leaving exposed film in camera

[andrewf]

I recently processed a film that had been sitting in a camera for about 6 years. The negs were alright. Haven't printed anything yet though.

film was AGFA APX 100 and I developed it in Ilfotec DDX

 

[lacavol]

As I just got into developing, I found some 125PX that I took pictures with about 4 years ago in an old Agfa Box Camera. The camera says it takes B2 film but 120 worked well as long as I used the old wooden take up reel, as the new crossed on both sides reels slide down and get hung up.

Anyway, the 6X9 negatives came out as I expected after 4 years. D-76 1:1 at 7 3/4 minutes. I say expected because it's a meniscus lens. They actually came out fine.

 

[toledosun]

Just thought I'll share my personal experience.

I believe the quality of film matters. I recently wrote in this forum about some problems that I had with Shanghai GP3. It subsequently turned out that the problem was caused by poor storage of the film. You can see the thread below.

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

I bought a fresh stock of Shanghai GP3 and kept it in my camera for about a week. Camera was kept in my car. I live in thr tropics so it can get pretty hot. Anyway, here's two shots from the same roll:

This one turned out ok

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunkm/6192055214/

Whereas in this picture, you can see the number imprinted:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunkm/6192052818/in/photostream/

Both pics were taken within an hour apart.

All I can conclude is that Shanghai 120 films do not store well in hot, humid weathers, whether they've been partially shot, or sealed. From what I've read on the internet, and from comments from other Shanghai GP3 users, this is a common problem with the film.

I do not have the same problem with 35mm film though, they frequently sit in my cameras for weeks.

 

[Laurens]

My 2 cents:
a friend of mine got some Sensia 200 slide film. The first film was shot between spring and christmas 2010 and expired 10-2010. Then he stored the film until he got it developed at 06-2011.
Another roll (same expiry date) was shot in the winter of 2010-2011 and developed at the same time as the first film.
The first roll showed slightly more grain and a blueish color cast. The second one was pretty much perfect. They came from the same box of film.
The film was stored at room temperature (18-25 deg C)

When using slide film, i think it's best to develop within half a year after shooting and of course as soon as possible after the best before date.

 

[hpulley]

Found film is fun. I've had great luck with old B&W film, usually Verichrome Pan or Verichrome. Color is rarely as lucky. I lucked out recently however with a roll of Woolworth's branded Ultra-Color 110 in an Argus Pocket Carefree. I bought a lot of stuff, thinking it was two 126 Instamatic cameras and some 126 B&W film but one 126 camera was broken and the other one was a 110 camera, the Argus. It had a finished roll of film in it. I developed it on a lark last month and the images were quite faded so I didn't bother scanning it until today. Astonishingly it contains an image of hanna barbera land which was only open 1984-1985 so this dates the film quite precisely though I'm not sure if some shots are older than those. The film is from Canada but the park was in Texas so must have been a vacation.

Pretty good for 25 year latent color images! Processed in JOBO Press Kit chems at 36C for 6:00, blix for 8:00:

hanna barbera land 1984-1985 edit by Harry Pulley, on Flickr


Smurfs! edit by Harry Pulley, on Flickr

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Siblings? Friends? edit by Harry Pulley, on Flickr


Girls 3 edit by Harry Pulley, on Flickr