outdated fuji film help

[rkmiec]

i have a box of neopan quickloads dated from 2005 that i want to shoot.is there anything i can do with it to help.it has been room temp stored since i got it fresh.is it worth using.i am going out of town and cannot try it before i go which would be the ideal.also i have some provia 100f from 2003.worth using or not??
ant help or advice would be helpful.

 

[Libersky]

If you are not sure about the film save it for less important things that can be redone if needed. If going out of town I would buy fresh, why risk it?

 

[rkmiec]

time and unfortunately money prevent this at this time.

 

[Libersky]

Might as well see if it works. If you don't try you will defiantly come home with nothing.

 

[Akki14]

I've found B&W film isn't so bad developed as long as it's fairly slow. I developed some early 1970s B&W ISO100 film this year (with photos shot on it in the 1970s) and it was surprisingly okay except for the lightleaks and such from being a poorly rolled 127 roll. Wasn't a huge amount of base fog problems like I've seen in similarly aged c-22 film processed as B&W.
The only other old B&W film I've had problems with was HP3 4x5 sheet film. That has a shedload of basefog but I just bought that for fun off of ebay

In short, don't worry about a few years out of date

 

[Neal]

Dear rkmiec,

Just use it normally. Assuming "room temperature" means that it has been stored in a climate controlled area, it's really not old enough to have any serious problems.

Neal Wydra

 

[rkmiec]

thanks guys..

 

[eddie gunks]

you will have no problems. enjoy. i routinely use out dated films a bit older than you are using and i have no problems.

eddie