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George Wu wrote: > Hi all, > > I usually follow this list via the archives. I am de-cloaking to ask a > question. > > By way of background, I am an amateur and my SLRs are all film - MZ-S, Z1-P, > LX. My subjects are primarily fast moving objects (small children) and > landscapes. Any still life photography is mainly aforesaid small children > in resting state. > > I recently bought several hundred rolls of expired 35mm film. The seller > assures me everything was kept in a fridge. The film came mostly without > boxes, so my guess is it dates from 2001-2004. That's about the time he > switched over to digital for work related reasons. > > I use mostly Superia and Reala, so here's a whole bunch of film I don't know > anything about. My questions specifically are... 1) there any films that > shouldn't be used past their expiry date, 2) films that are plain bad, or 3) > films that are really good or have a particular characteristic I should be > aware of? Please help! > > Fujicolor Press 800 'Pro' version of Superia 800, excellent film, one of the best high-speed C-41 films. Should be in-date still. > > Kodak Professional Supra 100 > Kodak Professional Supra 400 > Kodak Professional Supra 800 Older pro Kodak C-41 films. I'm not familiar with them specifically. > > Kodak Ektapress 100, 100+, Gold100, PJ100 > Kodak Ektapress 400+, Gold400, PJ400 > Kodak Ektapress 1600 & Gold1600 > Kokak Ektapress Multispeed - what the heck is this? > > Fuji Super G Plus 100 > Fuji Super G 400 > Fuji Super HG 1600 Pre-Superia Fuji films, probably out of date. > > Kodak Porta 160NC Superb low-contrast/low-saturation portrait film. Should be in date still. There's nothing else like this on the market today. > > There are a few rolls of other miscellaneous types. Provia100, Porta 400BW, > Ektachrome E100VS. Provia100 is colour slide film with moderate saturation, fine grain and absolutely incredible reciprocity. Tends to blues. Should be in date if it's 100F, if it's plain 100 it's probably expired. Portra 400BW is a chromogenic B&W film specifically desined for easy printing on RA4 colour paper. Probably about to expire. E100VS is Kodak's answer to Velvia 50. Excellent colour but grainy compared to Fuji chromes. It may be expired, but likely isn't. > > Thanks in advance, > George Wu > -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
