Topic: Something for the expired film aficionados

[02Pilot]

Just came across this via a link in another forum. Pretty interesting to see how the different emulsions fare with age.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/51853869@N08/

[Ed Wenn]

Very interesting. Of course, now I want to go and spend all my spare cash on 1970 Ektachrome 

[Francois]

One thing's for sure, I just love the black and yellow stripes on the 1977 Kodacolor II cassette!

Why can't they make fun graphics like that anymore?

[Late Developer]

Very interesting. Of course, now I want to go and spend all my spare cash on 1970 Ektachrome 

I'm with you on that one, Mr Ed.  I don't mind having a bit of a tinker, occasionally, with a bit of out of date film - but only on something that won't wind me up if it comes out like a pile of arse. However, give me good quality, fresh and well-kept film for anything that I want to keep and look at repeatedly / print / post.  My photographic skills ain't that great, even with the good stuff - so why would I want to make getting decent results harder than it needs to be??

[Francois]

McLuhan did say that the media is the message.
So a picture shot on expired film gets the same treatment. The interestingness comes from the media used to take the photo and not what's on it....

But so far I wonder how many fails he got before showing those?

[jharr]

Expired film needs love too. I shoot probably 80%excited did and very rarely am I disappointed in the results.

[Francois]

I shoot probably 80%excited

Wow! you must put a lot of sugar in your coffee before going out with a camera

[jharr]

I shoot probably 80%excited

Wow! you must put a lot of sugar in your coffee before going out with a camera

Well, I apparently had had too much coffee before typing that on my phone and not looking at it before posting. 

"excited did" = "expired film"

[Francois]

Don't you just love autocorrect