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Excuse my ignorance but I just ordered someone's stash of super 8 film on ebay as they were "going digital." I noticed that there are no expiration dates on the vision2 films. There is only what I assume to be an emulsion batch number 013 0231. Is there a way to match those numbers with a specific batch of film so I can know how good this film is?
 
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but is there no way to find an expiration date? I will shoot one.
 

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You can call Kodak's motion picture imaging division and see if can look it up for you. You can find an 800 on the website.

Professional motion picture film doesn't carry an expiration date, as it isn't supplied through the consumer/retail model.
 

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You can call Kodak's motion picture imaging division and see if can look it up for you. You can find an 800 on the website.

Professional motion picture film doesn't carry an expiration date, as it isn't supplied through the consumer/retail model.

That is odd. You would think that with cinematographers being so discriminating it would have an exp date.
 

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That is odd. You would think that with cinematographers being so discriminating it would have an exp date.

Motion picture film is ordered directly from Kodak, not pulled from a retailers shelf. You can trust Kodak not to send out dodgy MP stock. It's not usually around long enough to come close to "expiring". If we have short ends, re-cans, or old film around that is intended to be used on something for some odd reason, we usually have a snip test made to test the performance of the stock. I won't generally shoot stock that is more than a year or so old without a snip test for something that matters, and I'll whine even at that over new stock, because a lot of time, effort, and money (not to mention my a$$) is usually on the line.
 
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