I've found the opposite - the Kodak films seemed to do best vis-a-vis aging, but it's all relative to film speed. The stuff that's held up best has been the 100-ish speed films regardless of brand. The fast stuff, not so much.
I've used Portra 160 3 years out of date. Wanna see a picture that no amount of Photoshopping could help? I had 5 rolls of it that came from a known source--new, bought by ME. After it ruining 3 rolls of my work, I threw the rest out. I say again: get rid of it.
I've used Portra 160 3 years out of date. Wanna see a picture that no amount of Photoshopping could help? I had 5 rolls of it that came from a known source--new, bought by ME. After it ruining 3 rolls of my work, I threw the rest out. I say again: get rid of it.
Hello,
I have already shot a couple of rolls of the 2002 batch with my holga (processed normally) and after a fast scanning I see that colours are ok (maybe not enough vivid) and perhaps the negatives are a bit more grainy than the normal. This without any adjustment of brightness or contrast in Photoshop. The only noticed problem is that there is a multiple faint trace along the lower part of the film on both rolls. I will shoot another roll to check if this is a film's failure or lab's process failure. Next week I will post a sample.
I had promised to post a sample frame from the Portra 400 NC 120, expired in 2002. Yeah, I didn't through it away as recommended. Here it is...
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I'm glad you're happy. I'm the smarty-pants who suggested throwing it out. Please friend--no offense, but if that's what the actual print looked like, I still would. I guess because I know good Portra can look a lot better than that. The prints are missing half their yellow, and everything is magenta-y. When I look at your print, that's exactly why I tossed mine.
Yes let's throw out a bunch of perfectly usable film because straight prints are "off." You'd have to be a total pedant to think there's anything significantly wrong with the image he posted. Look, at the end of the day, this is what matters: film is being used. How he gets said film to look "normal" really is irrelevant.
I'm glad you're happy. I'm the smarty-pants who suggested throwing it out. Please friend--no offense, but if that's what the actual print looked like, I still would. I guess because I know good Portra can look a lot better than that. The prints are missing half their yellow, and everything is magenta-y. When I look at your print, that's exactly why I tossed mine.
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