[OM] Re: Ektachrome 64, exp 1993...

[Charles Sdunek]

IF you get it developed at most drug stores or walmart, you can simply 
refuse the roll.  Though I have shot 15 year old film that has been 
frozen with good results.
Charles

Chuck Norcutt wrote:

>I wouldn't waste the money on development.  Several years ago I 
>discovered an exposed but unprocessed roll of K64 that had worked its 
>way into the back of a desk drawer during a move.  The film had been 
>exposed in 1985 and I discovered it and had it processed in 2000 or 
>2001.  The desk it was in has always been in a heated and air 
>conditioned room so the film never saw any temperature or humidity extremes.
>
>It's hard to say exactly what's wrong with the resulting slides other 
>than they have lost a great deal of sharpness, contrast, saturation and 
>have been shifted a bit to the blue.  After scanning I can improve the 
>digital images by tweaking all of these things but I can't make them 
>look right.  They have a soft look that seems not to be improved very 
>much by sharpening.
>
>Since this roll had important images already on it I'd still get it 
>processed today.  But I wouldn't go out and shoot one.  I think you're 
>bound to be disappointed and throw your money away.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
>
>  
>


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