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Winbert Hutahaean
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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 14, 2007 04:25 AM

Hi guys,

1. If I purchased 15 y.o. 8mm Ektachrome Cartridges that was told they have been stored in the freezer for the whole of their lives, what sort of result I would get when they are processed?

2. I can understand that sometimes people just store them in the freezer for the last 10 years. If that so, what result I would get (i.e 5 years out of freezer, 10 years in freezer)?

3. If the cartridges were not stored in freezer at all, but I bought from a guy who lived in a freezing country, and what will be the result?

4. And if the questions above applied for Kodachrome, what is the result?

(note: I have ever used 5 y.o Kodachromes that were not stored in freezer but under aircond room in a hot and humid country, the result was I lost the main colors only magenta left)

thanks friends,

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Kevin Faulkner
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From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 14, 2007 09:38 AM

All Photographic Emulsion stored in the freezer will show no deterioration over that period of time or at least very little.
If it was stored in very warm conditions for those first 5 yrs then some damage could be done but putting in the freezer will then halt it. What damage is like saying "how long is a piece of string"? It depends on the conditions which you don't know!

People store stuff in freezers forgetting that the Process may no longer be available. In this case as long as it says E6 Process you will be ok.

Buying from a guy in a freezing cold country is no guarantee that it has not been stored in their nice warm centrally heated house on a shelf over a radiator and not in cold conditions.

Kev.

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Winbert Hutahaean
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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted March 23, 2007 03:14 AM

Since I also post this question in our enighbour. I was thinking to put the answer from there (becasue their forum is more focusing on this matter)for our benefit,

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Its very difficult to say.

But in general I would say 15 year old Ektachrome that has been stored always in a freezer *should* be OK.

If it was stored in 'normal' conditions for 5 years then frozen for 10 years (total 15 years) there is a fair chance it is OK.

Most "freezing countries" still have summers. Film not kept in controlled conditions and 15 years old is a risk.

For Kodachrome, it actually lasts less well before processing than Ektachrome.

I hope this helps, but you will find your mileage varies.

by Angus

And the other respond

quote:
which ektachrome is it?
i had some e 160 sound s8 film and was able to use the kodak mailers to have it processed (it was sent to rocky mountain) and they came out greenish and dark, even with a color correcting filter.
if i shot it again, i'd overexpose it to compensate.
however, since there are no more mailers, rm is one of the few places to process it and since its not in demand they wait until they have a large (whatever that size is) batch to process a roll at $20-35 each roll,

by camera8mm

cheers

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Winbert

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