Topic: How long does Film Last?

[Greys on Grey]

What is the oldest film you have developed?

[Francois]

I know Sean's probably the record holder on this site.

As for me, the oldest working Polaroid 600 film I've used successfully was from 2008.
Oldest C-41 processed film probably around 2007... but I've got some older stuff waiting for me to finish my processing included batch...

[Photo_Utopia]

For me it was a 1941 vintage Agfa Ultraspeed.
http://photo-utopia.blogspot.com/2007/07/latent-past.html

The images were exposed in 1941 to be processed by me in 2007!

[astrobeck]

same for me... Agafa 1941--only I shot and developed mine this year.  I'll try to scan one of those negs and post later.  The paper backing was somewhat stuck to the film, so it was a bugger to process.  Lots of paper flakes everywhere.  I have another roll but won't bother with it.
In the meantime, here's one from a roll of 1942 Kodak out of an old Ansco box camera I bought a few years ago from the bay.  The roll was intact so I processed it and this is one of three shots that came out.

For me it was a 1941 vintage Agfa Ultraspeed.
http://photo-utopia.blogspot.com/2007/07/latent-past.html
The images were exposed in 1941 to be processed by me in 2007!

[moominsean]

kodak film i figure from around 1932-35 or so...it was a brownie film that they stopped making in 1935. I've shot lots of film from the 1960s though (1962 verichrome in the second shot), with great results. Oldest color film I've shot (and self developed) was kodak from 1971.

[moominsean]

and i managed to get one shot out of a pack of 600 from 1984, wasted it on my ugly mug, though.

[Nigel]

Wow, these dates are all way earlier than I would have expected.

Sean - that second shot is a beauty. It just shows it ain't what you've got it's how you use it that counts! 

[Heather]

Eh... best I've done is c.mid to late 1970s. I don't shoot with it but it was developing and rescuing photos that lay dormant in my inlaw's "photo drawer" (wow, normal people keep all their photos for the last 30-40 years in one drawer! It's freaky!)