I've nevered shot any expired film so I was happy when Glen at Color Services in Santa Barbara offered me some to run through my camera that was having a problem with spacing. Shot it with my Mamiya rz67. I have read a lot about using expired film. Some people say to lower the f/stop a couple stops and most say to lower the iso by so much depending on the age of the film. It was original 160 iso and Glen said to shoot at 80 iso.
It's hard to hand hold that low but I went in the sun and I'm really happy with the results. Took a few shots in San Ynez valley and hit the farmers market and around town. I didn't do any editing to the pictures. These are straight from the scan.
I'm hoping he has some more floating around. The colors just seem so naturel.
For being so old I didn't know what to expect. I might try some more expired stock down the road. I think that he has refrigerated it the whole time made the difference. If you bought online you just never know. Anyway I thought I would post these if anyone else is thinking about expired film. I always thought film was to expensive to take a chance on but if it was taken care of it;s worth it
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