These images were all made with Kodak inernegative film that expired in May 1991. It was originally designed to make a colour negative from slide film and is tungsten balanced because you are meant to project the slide film through an enlarger onto this film. I bought a batch of this film to experiment with but because it’s effective film speed is very slow it needs a lot of light which limits when I can use it. Fortunately we’re going through a spell of sunny weather here in Oxford at the moment so I decided to give this film a try with Tamsin last week. I only took six sheets of film with me and here are all six frames.
[Tech info:] Speed Graphic 5×4, Aero Ektar lens (apart from middle right which was with a Schneider 180/4.5), Kodak internegative film (expired May 1991).
Mind. Blown.
I’m curious as to what iso you rated it at and used to expose it. I have several boxes of the same film.
I rated this film at ISO 6. My meter doesn’t go any lower and the slowest shutter speed on my Speed Graphic is 1/30th so that’s what I used. For the majority of the shots I didn’t use a filter because my Aero Ektar lens is quite yellow. These were made at 4.25pm so the light was warming up a bit too.
The middle right shot was made with a warming filter, I can’t remember if the bottom right was as well, I don’t think so.
I’m starting to think it’s not such a bad idea to shoot with expired film! 🙂