Old KodaChrome 64

[CCOS]

I've got 2 rolls of kodakchrome 64 from my local photoshop this day , but they are old.. The date on them says 10/1982 !!
Is they to old or are they useful to try ?

Jesper

 

[railwayman3]

It depends a lot on the storage conditions, but some members here, including myself, have had usable results from very old films.

I'd give it a try, particularly if this is the European film with processing cost included as you've then nothing to lose...but (obviously) don't use it for any important shots.

If it is the prepaid film, you have to now post it to the Kodak address in Switzerland (Kodak SA, Case Postale, 1001 Lausanne, Switzerland). From here in the UK it's also possible to send the non-prepaid film there with a cheque for the extra cost....the Kodak website gives details).

 

[dmr]

Not comparing apples to apples, but I recently discovered two rolls of Fuji of mid 1990s vintage. This was stored most of the time in a cool (not cold) cellar.

The folks over at RFF seemed to be convinced that it would work just fine.

I tried one roll, totally 144! Weak and bad colors, bad fog!

YMMV of course.

 

[John Shriver]

If frozen since 1980, fine. If room temperature, it will be quite magenta shifted. But, since you're in Europe, the only marginal cost now is the postage.

 

[srs5694]

Another apples-to-oranges comparison, and one that involves film that's not quite as old as yours, but see my Flickr photostream for some shots I recently got from some 20-year-old Svema (Soviet) slide film. OTOH, some Svema negative film of similar vintage that I acquired at the same time is in much worse shape.

 

[Alex Bishop-Thorpe]

I've shot Kodachrome 25 from 1988, it turned out just lovely. Shoot it and see - I wouldnt use it for anything critical, but I expect you'd get some nice results. At worst you can expect a purple colour shift.

The good part of Kodachrome is that it's essentially a black and white emulsion until the development stage, so it doesnt degrade like other colour film does. Taking into account that it's slow film as well, you should be ok.