12 August, 2026
Processing Kodacolor-X Film in Rodinal
I have an interest in abandoned film. More to the point, I’m interested in abandoned film that’s been exposed yet remains undeveloped. The attraction to me is the potential reve...
5 August, 2026
30 Year old Ektachrome Elite 100 – will it still work? How about with cross-processing?
One of the side benefits of collecting and repairing old cameras is sometimes finding a very old film with a camera. Recently I acquired an unused roll of 35mm Kodak Ektachrome ...
24 April, 2026
A cautionary tale with a long expired film
A mint condition Lubitel 166 for a reasonable (very low) price at a flea fair turned out to have a half-exposed film in it. I have other TLRs and I have no doubt that they are m...
1 April, 2026
24 Frames with the Fujica GW690III in Brighton on Valentine’s Day, 2026 (3 Whole Rolls)
From my experience shooting expired 35mm film, black and white holds up better than colour (less to go wrong), and lower ISO withstands the effects of time much better than high...
23 October, 2025
Purple Rain on 47-year old expired film – The Whole Roll
My dad (Derek, shot #7) is a war baby born in 1941. So, when I found out that there is an annual nearby 1940s weekend in Welshpool that falls on his birthday it was a no-brainer...
Father Time waits for no one — and that includes film. I was talking with a friend of mine, one of the last camera repairmen in Riga. More about him later — I plan to write an a...
26 September, 2025
5 Frames with a Mamiya 6 on expired Fujifilm Pro 400H
Something very specific happens to my brain whenever I load up a medium format camera with expired film. It’s probably 90% fear. You never quite know what you’re going to end up...
While as a rule I am open to experimentation in photography, I have not dealt much with expired films, despite my admiration for the results many photographers are able to coax ...