Ektachrome 160 from Sep. 1988--Interested in the Results?

Post by **tfunch24** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 3:03 am

I bought an old unexposed silent cartridge of Ektachrome 160 film along with a Canon 512XL camera last week. It expired in September 1988, and I doubt it's been stored in a freezer. Since some people here have expressed an interest in the results of shooting films that have expired, I'm willing to post a clip to demonstrate what the ravages of time can do to a cartridge of film.

I'm going to send the cartridge off to Rocky Mountain Film Lab.

Anyone interested?

Tom

Post by **mattse03** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 6:13 am

Sure, why not? I don't mind see some expired ektachrome if you are going to upload it.
-Matt

Post by **Angus** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:28 am

A couple of years ago I exposed two E160 cartridges dated 1985 and they came back PERFECT....not any single problem, not even a small amount of fogginge.

E160 is a very stable emulsion. I've got some more E160 sound carts in the freezer

Post by **S8 Booster** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:34 am

I shot a E160 from 1994 recently: E160 and in my view it came out excellent. I believe this cart had been properly stored.

R

Post by **tfunch24** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 10:54 pm

I finished filming on Saturday and mailed the cartridge to RMFL today. It's going to take at least two months for them to develop it--possibly six.

I'm interested in seeing how well they can restore the film.

As for film content, I did not shoot anything special--just myself getting my hair cut, some footage of my cats, a lake at dusk, etc.

Tom

Post by **Angus** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:26 pm

If it's from 1988 I would expect it will come back perfect, unless it has at some time been exposed to extreme conditions of heat.

E160 is about the most stable colour film I have ever come across, you can easily add a decade to the expire date...even if you leave it on a shelf in your home and don't refridgerate.

Post by **vidwerk** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 5:51 pm

I recently had 2 carts of 1980 expired k40 developed. The ultra-low contrast images had an extreme pink hue. Very unpleasant. I assume that certain film dyes fade quicker than others to give us this pink hue.
Simon.