I still have to freeze some I have on the shelf...
But my freezer has from memory:
Processing included Photolab (House brand) film (made by Fuji) in 400 and 800 ISO - expired
A lot of Kodak Gold 200- expired
Kodak B&W - expired
Fuji Superia - still good
A lot of Kodak Max 400 - still good
Kodak Color Plus - still good
Kodak Tmax CN - expired
Chinese Likon 200 - expired
Ektachrome - expired
Agfa APX (120 format) - very expired
Kodak tri-x - very expired
Fuji 160S 120 - expired
Life film - very expired
Kodak VC - expired
Ilford RC paper - very expired
Unknown B&W of unknown sensitivity and unknown date (12 rolls). It came with a bulk loader I got at a garage sale.
Everything is sorted in rows according to sensitivity... I like things to be tidy.
As you can see, I have absolutely no brand loyalty. I just buy the cheap stuff. Last time, the deal was on a 3 pack of Kodak Max at 1$ each at the grocery store. I practically emptied their counter! 33 cents for a roll of 35mm is a price that's hard to beat
For defrosting, I leave the film in the can or wrapper to avoid condensation building on the surface of the film. For 35mm, I leave it out at room temperature for 1 hour. For 120, I allow 2 hours. These are numbers I saw in a book... it works.
For exposing, I re-adjust the sensitivity using a program I made (see my
Contraption 4 post). Ive been testing it extensively these days and it seems to work just fine. Since film tends to loose sensitivity with age, I overexpose everything slightly like the program suggests... and it works just fine for me. Last roll was an ISO400 at EI 360 (it expired in 2007). Overexposing avoids the muddy colors.
