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ALL FILMS HAVE EXPIRED, no guarantee of functioning is given!
PLEASE NOTE: I have the most time kept them in deep freeze (at least -18 degrees Celsius) and some of them I tested and they seemed to be ok.
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I bought these films new from a professional photo store in Helsinki, Finland around 2003 (I got then quite a lot of film), I think. They were kept in a refrigerator storage (2-6 degrees Celsius), I think. I kept ALL my films until July 2014 in deep fridge (at least -18 degrees Celsius) basically from the moment I got them. Then, as my company moved to a new location I had no more enough deep freeze place for all my films, like this box. Inside, where the films have been stored, the room temperature has been ca. + 3 .. 10 degrees Celsius during wintertime (ca. November – April) and ca. + 10 .. 17 degrees Celsius at other times. During January – May 2016 ALL films were well covered outside at ca. -33 .. + 10 degrees Celsius and after that time I moved all my films inside (temperatures as above). Usually, slide film can be used long after its expiry date, especially if the film has been kept in deep freeze.
I used to travel quite a lot, and I so loved taking bw and slides. I took black-and-white negatives so that I could make my own exhibition prints in the darkroom, and many time no colors were needed and the wide exposure range of film was always a great asset. As my father had taken color positives already many decades before me, and we used to watch the slides on his old projector and his Super8 bw movie films with the family together, I might need no further explanation to the slide photography of mine? Well, I do. The colors of the slides I have always taken much superior than any color negatives could render. As I got my first scanner in 1999 (Minolta Dimage Scan Multi, pretty good machine scanner running also 120 and with 35 mm slide feeder – interested?), I already had more than 30000 slides to scan (starting around 1990.. 1996 really), which was more than double the amount my father had taken during his 4 decades, so my I had to keep an eye of the costs as well. So film scanning has been a long time my business. Then, as my appetite grew I got more machines and more and more.. and you guess how that all ends?
Having a sickness that some name photography or being a photographer – but I call it the-sickness-of-pressing-the-button, means that I have never been a strong person pro/contra specific film types, as long as there is pro/professional label marked or indicated. The Kodak Ektachrome series I found to do its job well, and I even got the chance of using it for some gigs in medium format, which I got only seldom. It’s a good film where you need a bit more speed and your sharpness is not your biggest corcern.
I tested on February 2016 a roll of Kodak Ektachrome 100GX (expired 06/2006) that I have stored similarly to the films sold here. I also tested many other films at the same time, and the tests suggest that the color negatives films have suffered a bit more of the aging than the color positives. In all, I’d say my films are still usable, but not as such as they were before expiry. The Kodak Ektachrome 200 is targeted to push 2 ASA numbers (to 800 ASA) with only minimal color shifts, but of course, this means more grain.
I think the films are excellent material for you if you’re keen on LOMO or HOLGA or other creative photography, like if you fancy cross processing in film developing. You could even cross AND use the same roll multiple times and get these kind of great effects! 🙂
Remember that Kodak announced to discontinue the manufacture of its ALL EKTA/ELITECROME SLIDE films in 2012, though they still have the specifications available on-line.
Well, here you have a piece of history: Kodak Ektachrome 200 expired on 07/2004 (3 rolls) and 05/2003 unopened in the plastic wrapping and one roll of unknown expiry date without the plastic wrapping. I am selling them for 25 euros.
Yes, of course I will combine shipping for reduced shipping costs. I urge you to my buy more from me and will be flexible with it. Please note the somewhat expensive shipping costs from Finland, especially if insurance is needed. If the value of order gets to a higher level, I insist on taken an insurance for the shipping.
If you buy this item – please keep it in deep freezer for best results! 🙂
If you have more questions, please contact me directly.
Klaus Riederer, PhD, MSc
KAR Oy Ab GmbH Ltd S. A. R. L., CEO www.kar.fi
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